तेऽन्वसज्जन्त राजन्या निषेद्धुं पथि केचन । संयत्ता उद्धृतेष्वासा ग्रामसिंहा यथा हरिम् ॥ ३४ ॥
te ’nvasajjanta rājanyā niṣeddhuṁ pathi kecana saṁyattā uddhṛteṣv-āsā grāma-siṁhā yathā harim
- te
- they
- anvasajjanta
- followed from behind
- rājanyāḥ
- the kings
- niṣeddhum
- to check Him
- pathi
- on the path
- kecana
- some of them
- saṁyattāḥ
- ready
- uddhṛta
- raised
- iṣu-āsāḥ
- whose bows
- grāma-siṁhā
- “lions of the village” (dogs)
- yathā
- as
- harim
- a lion
The kings pursued the Lord like village dogs chasing a lion. Some kings, raising their bows, stationed themselves on the road to stop Him as He passed by.