Devanagari
तां दैवीं गिरमाकर्ण्य मघवान्सुसमाहित: ।
ध्यायन् फेनमथापश्यदुपायमुभयात्मकम् ॥ ३९ ॥
Verse text
tāṁ daivīṁ giram ākarṇya
maghavān susamāhitaḥ
dhyāyan phenam athāpaśyad
upāyam ubhayātmakam
Synonyms
tām
—
that
;
daivīm
—
ominous
;
giram
—
voice
;
ākarṇya
—
after hearing
;
maghavān
—
Lord Indra
;
su
—
samāhitaḥ — becoming very careful
;
dhyāyan
—
meditating
;
phenam
—
appearance of foam
;
atha
—
thereafter
;
apaśyat
—
he saw
;
upāyam
—
the means
;
ubhaya
—
ātmakam — simultaneously dry and moist .
Translation
After hearing the ominous voice, Indra, with great attention, began to meditate on how to kill the demon. He then saw that foam would be the means, for it is neither moist nor dry.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
After hearing the ominous voice, Indra, with great attention, began to meditate on how to kill the demon. He then saw that foam would be the means, for it is neither moist nor dry.