Bhavani Bharati – Verse 5
The Nature of Poetry
03/03/2019
Curing oneself of a defect
03/04/2019
नरास्थिमालां नृकपालकाञ्चीं वृकोदराक्षीं क्षुधितां दरिद्राम् ।
पृष्टे व्रणाङ्कामसुरप्रतोदैः सिंहीं नदन्तीमिव हन्तुकामाम् ॥ ५॥
narAsthimAlAM nR^ikapAlakA~nchIM vR^ikodarAkShIM kShudhitAM daridrAm |
pR^iShTe vraNA~NkAmasurapratodaiH siMhIM nadantImiva hantukAmAm || 5||
5. Garlanded with the bones of men and girdled with human skulls, with, belly and eyes like a wolf’s, hungry and poor, scarred on her back by the ‘Titan’s lashes, roaring like a lioness who lusts for kill,
