Canonical Ref: BK 5.14
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
मांसान्योष्ठाऽवलोप्यानि साधनीयानि देवताः ।अश्नन्ति रामाद्रक्षांसि बिभ्यश्रुवते दिशः ॥
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
Karandikar:
The deities eat lumps of (soft) meat meant as material (for sacrifice) and can be cut with the (the mere) lips ; the demons, afraid of Rama, eat the quarters (i.e., empty space) !
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Bhaṭṭikāvyam, BK 5.14. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.