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Chapter 13.14 - Verse 136

Sanskrit Text

विधूमं सार्चिषं कृष्णं कालसूर्यमिवोदितम् सर्पहस्तमनिर्देश्यं पाशहस्तमिवान्तकम् दृष्टवानस्मि गोविन्द तदस्त्रं रुद्रसंनिधौ

English Translation

It resembled, O Krishna, a smokeless fire or the sun that rises at the end of the cycle. The handle of that Shula was made of a great snake. It is really indescribable. It looked like the universal Destroyer armed with his noose.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

विधूमं | स + अर्चिस् | कृष्णं | कालसूर्यम् | इव + उदि
सर्प + हस्त | अनिर्देश्यं | पाश + हस्त | इव + अन्तक
दृष्टवान् | अस्मि | गोविन्द | तद् | अस्त्रं | रुद्र + संनिधि