Canonical Ref: BK 11.46
Metrical Form: मालिनी
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
विघृत-निशित-शस्त्रैस्तद्युतं यातुधानै- रुरु-जठर-मुखीभिः संकुलं राक्षसीभिः । श्वगणि-शत-विकीर्णं वागुरा-वन्मृगीभिर्वनमिव स-भयाभिर्देव-बन्दीभिरासीत् ॥
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
Karandikar:
Occupied by demons who wielded sharp weapons, crowded with demonesses whose bellies and mouths were huge, the assembly, on account of the terror-stricken captive goddesses, was like a forest strewn with hundreds of hunters and interspersed with female deer (caught) in nets.
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Bhaṭṭikāvyam, BK 11.46. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.