ततो वै यजमानस्य पावकादतुलप्रभम्। प्रादुर्भूतं महद्भूतं महावीर्यं महाबलम्।।1.16.11।। कृष्णं रक्ताम्बरधरं रक्तास्यं दुन्दुभिस्वनम्। स्निग्धहर्यक्षतनुजश्मश्रुप्रवरमूर्धजम्।।1.16.12।। शुभलक्षणसम्पन्नं दिव्याभरणभूषितम्। शैलशृङ्गसमुत्सेथं दृप्तशार्दूलविक्रमम्।।1.16.13।। दिवाकरसमाकारं दीप्तानलशिखोपमम्। तप्तजाम्बूनदमयीं राजतान्तपरिच्छदाम्।।1.16.14।। दिव्यपायससम्पूर्णां पात्रीं पत्नीमिव प्रियाम्। प्रगृह्य विपुलां दोर्भ्यां स्वयं मायामयीमिव।।1.16.15।।
Meaning
Then, as the king performed the sacrifice, there emerged from the fire a mighty being of unmatched splendor, great valor and strength — dark-hued, clad in red garments, red-faced, his voice like a drumbeat, with soft tawny hair and beard resembling a lion's mane, endowed with auspicious marks and adorned with divine ornaments, tall as a mountain peak, striding like a proud tiger, radiant as the sun and bright as a blazing flame, holding with both hands, as tenderly as a beloved wife, a great golden vessel with a silver lid, filled with divine payasam, wondrous as if wrought by magic.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
Shloka 1.16.11
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| tataḥ vai yajamānasya | ततः वै यजमानस्य | then indeed, of the one performing the sacrifice | Genitive singular |
| pāvakāt atula-prabham | पावकात् अतुल-प्रभम् | from the sacrificial fire, of incomparable splendor | Ablative singular |
| prādurbhūtam mahat bhūtam | प्रादुर्भूतम् महत् भूतम् | appeared a great being | Nominative singular |
| mahā-vīryam mahā-balam | महा-वीर्यम् महा-बलम् | of great valor and great strength | Nominative singular |
Shloka 1.16.12
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| kṛṣṇam rakta-ambara-dharam | कृष्णम् रक्त-अम्बर-धरम् | dark, wearing red garments | Accusative singular |
| rakta-āsyam dundubhi-svanam | रक्त-आस्यम् दुन्दुभि-स्वनम् | red-faced, with a voice like a drum | Accusative singular |
| snigdha-hari-akṣa-tanuja | स्निग्ध-हरि-अक्ष-तनुज | with lustrous tawny eyes, on a slender body | Accusative singular |
| śmaśru-pravara-mūrdhajam | श्मश्रु-प्रवर-मूर्धजम् | with excellent hair and beard | Accusative singular |
Shloka 1.16.13
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| śubha-lakṣaṇa-sampannam | शुभ-लक्षण-सम्पन्नम् | endowed with auspicious marks | Accusative singular |
| divya-ābharaṇa-bhūṣitam | दिव्य-आभरण-भूषितम् | adorned with divine ornaments | Accusative singular |
| śaila-śṛṅga-samutsetham | शैल-शृङ्ग-समुत्सेथम् | tall as a mountain peak | Accusative singular |
| dṛpta-śārdūla-vikramam | दृप्त-शार्दूल-विक्रमम् | of the gait/prowess of a proud tiger | Accusative singular |
Shloka 1.16.14
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| divākara-samākāram | दिवाकर-समाकारम् | of the form/radiance of the sun | Accusative singular |
| dīpta-anala-śikha-upamam | दीप्त-अनल-शिख-उपमम् | resembling a blazing flame of fire | Accusative singular |
| tapta-jāmbūnada-mayīm | तप्त-जाम्बूनद-मयीम् | made of refined Jambunada gold | Accusative singular |
| rājata-anta-paricchadām | राजत-अन्त-परिच्छदाम् | having a silver rim/border | Accusative singular |
Shloka 1.16.15
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| divya-pāyasa-sampūrṇām | दिव्य-पायस-सम्पूर्णाम् | filled with divine rice-pudding | Accusative singular |
| pātrīm patnīm iva priyām | पात्रीम् पत्नीम् इव प्रियाम् | a vessel, like a dear wife | Accusative singular |
| pragṛhya vipulām dorbhyām | प्रगृह्य विपुलाम् दोर्भ्याम् | holding, with his two broad arms | Gerund (having done) |
| svayam māyā-mayīm iva | स्वयम् माया-मयीम् इव | itself as if made of magic/illusion | Accusative singular |
Reference: 1.16.11-15 · Bāla Kāṇḍa