Ramayana

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तदप्यस्त्रं महाघोरं ब्राह्मं ब्राह्मेण तेजसा । वसिष्ठो ग्रसते सर्वं ब्रह्मदण्डेन राघव ॥ १-५६-१६

Oh ! Descendant of Raghu, even that deleteriously destructive Brahma's missile was completely consumed with the seraphic resplendence of Brahma-baton ( Brahmadanda ) of Sage Vashishtha. ॥ 1-56-16॥

english translation

tadapyastraM mahAghoraM brAhmaM brAhmeNa tejasA । vasiSTho grasate sarvaM brahmadaNDena rAghava ॥ 1-56-16

hk transliteration by Sanscript

ब्रह्मास्त्रं ग्रसमानस्य वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः । त्रैलोक्यमोहनं रौद्रं रूपमासीत् सुदारुणम् ॥ १-५६-१७

The appearance of that great-souled Vashishta became appallingly perplexing when he was finishing off that Brahma missile as if to surely petrify the Tri-world. ॥ 1-56-17॥

english translation

brahmAstraM grasamAnasya vasiSThasya mahAtmanaH । trailokyamohanaM raudraM rUpamAsIt sudAruNam ॥ 1-56-17

hk transliteration by Sanscript

रोमकूपेषु सर्वेषु वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः । मरीच्य इव निष्पेतुरग्नेर्धूमाकुलार्चिषः ॥ १-५६-१८

From all of the pits of hair of that great-souled Vashishta ramified, were the raditional beams and those radiated shafts were rolling up with the fumes of radiation. ॥ 1-56-18॥

english translation

romakUpeSu sarveSu vasiSThasya mahAtmanaH । marIcya iva niSpeturagnerdhUmAkulArciSaH ॥ 1-56-18

hk transliteration by Sanscript

प्राज्वलत् ब्रह्मदण्डश्च वसिष्ठस्य करोद्यतः । विधूम इव कालाग्निर्यमदण्ड इवापरः ॥ १-५६-१९

The staff of Brahma, raised in Vashishtha's hand, resembling smokeless fire at the end of the dissolution of the worlds inflamed like another rod of death ( Yama-danda ). ॥ 1-56-19॥

english translation

prAjvalat brahmadaNDazca vasiSThasya karodyataH । vidhUma iva kAlAgniryamadaNDa ivAparaH ॥ 1-56-19

hk transliteration by Sanscript

ततोऽस्तुवन् मुनिगणा वसिष्ठं जपतां वरम् । अमोघं ते बलं ब्रह्मंस्तेजो धारय तेजसा ॥ १-५६-२०

The assemblages of saints then extolled the best meditator Vashishta saying 'O Brahmin, your energy is infallible, hold your energy by your enegy. - ॥ 1-56-20॥

english translation

tato'stuvan munigaNA vasiSThaM japatAM varam । amoghaM te balaM brahmaMstejo dhAraya tejasA ॥ 1-56-20

hk transliteration by Sanscript