Chapter 17
मनोवीर्यवरोत्सिक्तमसृण्यमकुतोभयम् । भीता निलिल्यिरे देवास्तार्क्ष्यत्रस्ता इवाहय: ॥ २२ ॥
Transliteration
mano-vīrya-varotsiktam asṛṇyam akuto-bhayam bhītā nililyire devās tārkṣya-trastā ivāhayaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
manaḥ-vīrya — by mental and bodily strength; vara — by the boon; utsiktam — proud; asṛṇyam — not able to be checked; akutaḥ-bhayam — fearing no one; bhītāḥ — frightened; nililyire — hid themselves; devāḥ — the demigods; tārkṣya — Garuḍa; trastāḥ — frightened of; iva — like; ahayaḥ — snakes.
Translation
“His mental and bodily strength as well as the boon conferred upon him had made him proud. He feared death at the hands of no one, and there was no checking him. The gods, therefore, were seized with fear at his very sight, and they hid themselves even as snakes hide themselves for fear of Garuḍa.”