Canonical Ref: BK 5.26
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
कृत्वा लङ्काद्रुमाऽऽलानमहमैरावतं गजम् । बन्धनेऽनुपयोगि-त्वान्नतं तृण-वदत्यजम् ॥
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
Karandikar:
Having made the Airavata elephant to have a tree in Lanka as its tying post, did I not discard it like a blade of grass, on account of its being useless in fetters ?
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Bhaṭṭikāvyam, BK 5.26. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.