Canonical Ref: BK 10.68
Metrical Form: पुष्पिताग्रा
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
अशनिरयमसौ कुतो निरभ्रे। शित-शर-वर्षम-सत्तदप्य-शार्ङ्गम्। ।इति मदन-वशो मुहुः शशाऽङ्के रघु-तनयो न च निश्चिकाय चन्द्रम् ॥
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
Karandikar:
‘(Is) this the thunderbolt ? Whence that, too, in a cloudless sky? A shower of sharp arrows ? That too (has to be) non-existent without a bow.” (Thinking) thus again and again. Rama who was under the sway of Cupid, could not conclude (that it was) the moon.
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Bhaṭṭikāvyam, BK 10.68. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.