manual SHOBNMK

03040

03040001 vaizamMpAyana uvAca
vaizaMpAyana said,

03040001a gateSu teSu sarveSu tapasviSu mahAtmasu
'After all those illustrious ascetics had gone away,

03040001c pinAkapANir bhagavAn sarvapApaharo haraH
that wielder of the Pinaka and cleanser of all sins--the illustrious Hara--

03040002a kairAtaM veSam AsthAya kAJcanadrumasanMnibham
assuming the form of a kirAta resplendent as a golden tree,

03040002c vibhrAjamAno vapuSA girir merur ivAparaH
and with a huge and stalwart form like a second Meru,

03040003a zrImad dhanur upAdAya zarAMz cAzIviSopamAn
and taking up a handsome bow and a number of arrows resembling snakes of virulent poison,

03040003c niSpapAta mahArciSmAn dahan kakSam ivAnalaH
and looking like an embodiment of fire, came quickly down on the breast of Himavat.