nara-puṅgavaḥ
- best of men
- one who lazily follows one’s lower nature
- the king
- kings of human society
Also appears as nara-adhamāḥ, nara-adhipam, nara-loka-vīrāḥ, nara-adhamān
In 5 verses
- 1.5
धृष्टकेतुश्चेकितानः काशिराजश्च वीर्यवान्
nara-puṅgavaḥ — best of men
Dhrishtaketu, Chekitana, the valiant king of Kashi, Purujit, Kuntibhoja, and Shaibya, the best of men; Yudhamanyu the courageous, and Uttamauja the strong;
- 7.15
न मां दुष्कृतिनो मूढाः प्रपद्यन्ते नराधमाः
nara-adhamāḥ — one who lazily follows one’s lower nature
Those who do harm do not come to me — the deluded, the lowest of people, whose knowledge is carried off by appearance, who have taken the side of what destroys.
- 10.27
उच्चैःश्रवसमश्वानां विद्धि माममृतोद्भवम्
narāṇām — amongst humans
Among horses know me as the one born of the churning of nectar; among elephants, Airavata; and among men, the king.
- 11.28
यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः समुद्रमेवाभिमुखाः द्रवन्ति
nara-loka-vīrāḥ — kings of human society
As the many currents of rivers run toward the sea, so these heroes of the world of men enter your blazing mouths.
- 16.19
तानहं द्विषतः क्रूरान्संसारेषु नराधमान्
nara-adhamān — the vile and vicious of humankind
These hateful and cruel ones, the lowest of people, I cast again and again into wombs of the same nature, in the round of birth.