SanskritIASTMeaning
शैल-स्तम्भ-निभाः तेषाम्śaila-stambha-nibhāḥ teṣāmLike mountain pillars, their
चन्दन-अगुरु-भूषिताःcandana-aguru-bhūṣitāḥarms anointed with sandal and aguru,
अशोभन्त महा-राजaśobhanta mahā-rājashone, O great king,
बाहवः बाहु-शालिनाम्bāhavaḥ bāhu-śālināmthe arms of those mighty-armed men;
तान् दृष्ट्वा द्विरद-प्रख्यान्tān dṛṣṭvā dvirada-prakhyānseeing them, resembling elephants,
शाल-स्कन्धान् इव उद्गतान्śāla-skandhān iva udgatānlike sala tree-trunks, tall and risen,
व्यूढ-उरस्कान् मागधानाम्vyūḍha-uraskān māgadhānāmbroad-chested, among the Magadhas
विस्मयः समजायतvismayaḥ samajāyataastonishment arose;
ते तु अतीत्य जन-आकीर्णाःte tu atītya jana-ākīrṇāḥthey, having passed through the crowded
तिस्रः कक्ष्याः नर-ऋषभाःtisraḥ kakṣyāḥ nara-ṛṣabhāḥthree courtyards, bulls among men,
अहंकारेण राजानम्ahaṃkāreṇa rājānamwith [proud] self-possession approached the king,
उपतस्थुः महा-बलाःupatasthuḥ mahā-balāḥmighty ones;
शैलस्तम्भनिभास्śailastambhanibhāsoriginal form "śailastambhanibhās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तेषांteṣāṃoriginal form "teṣāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चन्दनागुरुभूषिताःcandanāgurubhūṣitāḥoriginal form "candanāgurubhūṣitāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महाराजmahārājaoriginal form "mahārāja", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बाहवोbāhavooriginal form "bāhavo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
बाहुशालिनाम्bāhuśālināmoriginal form "bāhuśalinām", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
द्विरदप्रख्याञ्dviradaprakhyāñoriginal form "dviradaprakhyāñ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शालस्कन्धान्śālaskandhānoriginal form "śālaskandhān", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इवोद्गतान्ivodgatānoriginal form "ivodgatān", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
व्यूढोरस्कान्vyūḍhoraskānoriginal form "vyūḍhoraskān", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मागधानांmāgadhānāṃoriginal form "māgadhānāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्व्tvoriginal form "tv", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जनाकीर्णास्janākīrṇāsoriginal form "janākīrṇās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कक्ष्याkakṣyāoriginal form "kakṣyā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नरर्षभाःnararṣabhāḥoriginal form "nararṣabhāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उपतस्थुर्upatasthuroriginal form "upatasthur", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महाबलाःmahābalāḥoriginal form "mahābalāḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here the heroes approach the throne "with self-possession" — not servile, but with the dignity of equals. It is telling that those who have come to bring down a tyrant do not fawn: before unrighteous power, what is fitting is not fear but calm dignity. Thus the text shows firmness of spirit in the face of the proud; and further follows the king's reception.