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अनिलो वा वहेन्मेरुं द्यौर्वापि निपतेन्महीम् । युगं वा परिवर्तेत यद्येवं स्याद्यथात्थ माम्॥५-१५८-१६॥
The wind might carry off Meru, or the sky might fall upon the earth, or an age-cycle might reverse—if what you have said about me were to be so.
english translation
को ह्याभ्यां जीविताकाङ्क्षी प्राप्यास्त्रमरिमर्दनम् । गजो वाजी नरो वापि पुनः स्वस्ति गृहान्व्रजेत्॥५-१५८-१७॥
Who, desiring to preserve life, after encountering these two—armed and capable of subduing adversaries—whether elephant, horse, or man, would return home safely?
english translation
कथमाभ्यामभिध्यातः संसृष्टो दारुणेन वा । रणे जीवन्विमुच्येत पदा भूमिमुपस्पृशन्॥५-१५८-१८॥
How could one, once targeted by these two, or once engaged with severe force, be released alive in battle—still able to touch the ground with one’s feet?
english translation
किं दर्दुरः कूपशयो यथेमां न बुध्यसे राजचमूं समेताम् । दुराधर्षां देवचमूप्रकाशां गुप्तां नरेन्द्रैस्त्रिदशैरिव द्याम्॥५-१५८-१९॥
Are you like a frog dwelling in a well, that you do not comprehend this assembled royal host—hard to assail, radiant like a divine army, protected by kings as heaven is guarded by the Thirty (gods)?
english translation
प्राच्यैः प्रतीच्यैरथ दाक्षिणात्यैरुदीच्यकाम्बोजशकैः खशैश्च । शाल्वैः समत्स्यैः कुरुमध्यदेशैर्म्लेच्छैः पुलिन्दैर्द्रविडान्ध्रकाञ्च्यैः॥५-१५८-२०॥
With the peoples of the East and the West, and also those of the South; with those of the North—the Kāmbojas, Śakas, and Khaśas; with the Śālvas together with the Matsyas, with the Kurus of the middle country; with the Mlecchas, the Pulindas, and with the Draviḍas, Andhras, and the folk of Kāñcī—
english translation