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Chapter 1.3 - Verse 139

Sanskrit Text

ऐरावतराजानः सर्पाः समितिशोभनाः वर्षन्त इव जीमूताः सविद्युत्पवनेरिताः

English Translation

To please the Nagas, he uttered the following slokas, “O serpents, subjects of the king Airavata, you are brilliant in battles, you shower weapons like clouds, charged with lightning and driven by wind.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

य | ऐरावत + राजन् | सर्पाः | समिति + शोभन
वर्षन्त | इव | जीमूताः | स + विद्युत् + पवन + ईरय्