Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 64: Daśaratha Gives up his Life in Remembrance of Lord RāmaText 2.64.14
Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 64: Daśaratha Gives up his Life in Remembrance of Lord Rāma
Text 2.64.14
भगवंश्चापहस्तोऽहं सरयूतीरमागतः।
जिघांसुः श्वापदं कंचिन्निपाने वागतं गजम्॥
bhagavaṁś cāpa-hasto ’haṁ sarayū-tīram āgataḥ
jighāṁsuḥ śvāpadaṁ kañcin nipāne vāgataṁ gajam
bhagavan = O powerful soul; cāpa-hastaḥ = with a bow in my hand; aham = I; sarayū-tīram = to the Sarayū; āgataḥ = came; jighāṁsuḥ = with a desire to kill; śvāpadam kañcit = a ferocious animal; nipāne = to drink water; vā = or; āgatam = that had come; gajam = an elephant.
O powerful soul, with a bow in my hand I came to the Sarayū with the desire to kill a ferocious animal or an elephant that had come to drink water.
Nipāne indicates that [Daśaratha wanted to target an animal that had come] to the bank of the river to drink water. Śvāpadam indicates that he was interested in killing violent animals such as tigers.