स्वनिगममपहाय मत्प्रतिज्ञा- मृतमधिकर्तुमवप्लुतो रथस्थ: । धृतरथचरणोऽभ्ययाच्चलद्गु- र्हरिरिव हन्तुमिभं गतोत्तरीय: ॥ ३७ ॥
sva-nigamam apahaya mat-pratijnam rtam adhikartum avapluto rathasthah dhrta-ratha-carano ’bhyayac caladgur harir iva hantum ibham gatottariyah
- sva-nigamam
- own truthfulness
- apahaya
- for nullifying
- mat-pratijnam
- my own promise
- rtam
- factual
- adhi
- more
- kartum
- for doing it
- avaplutah
- getting down
- ratha-sthah
- from the chariot
- dhrta
- taking up
- ratha
- chariot
- caranah
- wheel
- abhyayat
- went hurriedly
- caladguh
- trampling the earth
- harih
- lion
- iva
- like
- hantum
- to kill
- ibham
- elephant
- gata
- leaving aside
- uttariyah
- covering cloth.
Fulfilling my desire and sacrificing His own promise, He got down from the chariot, took up its wheel, and ran towards me hurriedly, just as a lion goes to kill an elephant. He even dropped His outer garment on the way.