Canonical Ref: BK 9.11
Metrical Form: अनुष्टुप्
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
अरासिषुश्च्युतोत्साहा भिन्न-देहाः प्रियाऽसवः । कपेरत्रासिषुर्नादान्मृगाः सिंह-ध्वनेरिव ॥
व्याख्या / Traditional Commentary & Notes
Classical Exegesis
Karandikar:
They whose enthusiasm was gone, whose bodies were battered and to whom lives were dear, were frightened by the monkey's roars just as the deer (are frightened) by the lion's roars.
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Bhaṭṭikāvyam, BK 9.11. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.