बाणाविमौ भगवत: शतपत्रपत्रौशान्तावपुङ्खरुचिरावतितिग्मदन्तौ । कस्मै युयुङ्क्षसि वने विचरन्न विद्म:क्षेमाय नो जडधियां तव विक्रमोऽस्तु ॥ ८ ॥
banav imau bhagavatah sata-patra-patrau santav apunkha-rucirav ati-tigma-dantau kasmai yuyunksasi vane vicaran na vidmah ksemaya no jada-dhiyam tava vikramo ’stu
- banau
- two arrows
- imau
- these
- bhagavatah
- of you, the most powerful
- sata-patra-patrau
- having feathers like the petals of a lotus flower
- santau
- peaceful
- apunkha
- without a shaft
- rucirau
- very beautiful
- ati-tigma-dantau
- having a very sharp point
- kasmai
- whom
- yuyunksasi
- you want to pierce
- vane
- in the forest
- vicaran
- loitering
- na vidmah
- we cannot understand
- ksemaya
- for welfare
- nah
- of us
- jada-dhiyam
- who are dull-headed
- tava
- your
- vikramah
- prowess
- astu
- may be
Then Agnidhra observed the glancing eyes of Purvacitti and said: My dear friend, you have two very powerful arrows, namely your glancing eyes. Those arrows have feathers like the petals of a lotus flower. Although they have no shafts, they are very beautiful, and they have very sharp, piercing points. They appear very peaceful, and thus it seems that they will not be shot at anyone. You must be loitering in this forest to shoot those arrows at someone, but I cannot understand whom. My intelligence is dull, and I cannot combat you. Indeed, no one can equal you in prowess, and therefore I pray that your prowess will be for my good fortune.