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क्रोशतो मे न शृण्वन्ति बालाः पण्डितमानिनः । विषमं नावबुध्यन्ते प्रपातं मधुदर्शिनः॥५-५०-२६॥
Though I cry out, they do not listen—children who imagine themselves wise; seeing only sweetness, they do not recognize the uneven precipice.
english translation
संयुगं ये करिष्यन्ति नररूपेण वायुना । नियतं चोदिता धात्रा सिंहेनेव महामृगाः॥५-५०-२७॥
Those who will enter combat with the Wind (Vāyu) in human form are certainly driven by the Ordainer—like great beasts confronting a lion.
english translation
शैक्यां तात चतुष्किष्कुं षडस्रिममितौजसम् । प्रहितां दुःखसंस्पर्शां कथं शक्ष्यन्ति मे सुताः॥५-५०-२८॥
How will my sons, my son, be able to withstand that stone projectile—four cubits in measure, six-edged, of immeasurable force—when it is launched, bringing painful impact?
english translation
गदां भ्रामयतस्तस्य भिन्दतो हस्तिमस्तकान् । सृक्किणी लेलिहानस्य बाष्पमुत्सृजतो मुहुः॥५-५०-२९॥
As he whirls his mace and fractures the heads of elephants, licking the corners of his mouth and repeatedly shedding tears—
english translation
उद्दिश्य पातान्पततः कुर्वतो भैरवान्रवान् । प्रतीपान्पततो मत्तान्कुञ्जरान्प्रतिगर्जतः॥५-५०-३०॥
Aiming at those who fall, producing formidable roars, and counter-roaring at intoxicated elephants charging in opposition—
english translation