एवम् उक्तः सुरसया दश योजनम् आयतः || ५-५८-२८ ततो अर्ध गुण विस्तारो बभूव अहम् क्षणेन तु |
mat pramaaNa anuruupam ca vyaaditam tan mukham tayaa || 5-58-29 tat dR^iShTvaa vyaaditam tu aasyam hrasvam hi akaravam vapuH | tasmin muhuurte ca punaH babhuuva anguShTha sammitaH || 5-58-30
Translation
"Hearing the words of Surasa, I, as tall as ten Yojanas (eighty miles), within a moment, grew half as much in size (fifteen Yojanas or one hundred twenty miles)."
Word by word
evam
thus
uktaH
spoken
surasayaa
by Surasa
aham
I
aayataH
as tall as
dashayojanam
ten Yojanas; (eighty miles)
kSaNena
within a moment
babhuuva
became
ardhaguNavistaaraH
half as much in size (fifteen yojanas or one hundred and twenty miles).
Chapter context
Jambavan Requests Hanuma to Narrate the Happenings
149 verses · Verse 28 of 149
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