Verse 12·VR 6.28.12

उद्यन्तम् भास्करम् दृष्ट्वा बालः किल पिपासितः | त्रियोजन सहस्रम् तु अध्वानम् अवतीर्य हि || ६-२८-१२ आदित्यम् आहरिष्यामि न मे क्षुत् प्रतियास्यति | इति संचिन्त्य मनसा पुरा एष बल दर्पितः || ६-२८-१३

patitasya kaper asya hanur ekaa shilaa tale | ki.ncid bhinnaa dR^iDha hanor hanuumaan eSha tena vai || 6-28-15

Translation

"While yet a child, seeing the sun rise, he desired to eat it and took off to a distance of three thousand yojanas (or twenty four thousand miles) reflecting: �I shall seize hold of the sun and my hunger will not be appeased otherwise' and they say, he leapt up (into the air) intoxicated as he was with his own strength."

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baalaH

this Hanuman; when he was a chilled

bubhukSitaH

he desired to eat

dR^iSTvaa

on seeing

udyantam

a rising

bhaaskaram

sun

avatiirya

took off

adhvaanam

to a distance

triyojana sahasram

of three thousand; yojanas( or twenty four thousand miles)

iti

thus

nishchitya

reflectin

manasaa

in his mind

aahariSyaami

I shall seize hold

aadityam

of the sun

me

and my

kSut

hunger

na pratiyaasyati

will not be appeased (otherwise)

pupluve kila

they say he leapt up(into the air)

baladarpitaH

intoxicated as he was with his strength.

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