Shloka 39

शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host

with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter

Devanagari script

स्वर्णदण्डामकुण्ठाग्रां तैलधौतां सुनिर्मलाम्‌ । लेलिहानामिव विभो नागकन्यां महाविषाम्‌

Transliteration

svarṇadaṇḍām akuṇṭhāgrāṃ tailadhautāṃ sunirmalām | lelihānām iva vibho nāgakanyāṃ mahāviṣām

Translation

সঞ্জয় বললেন—হে প্রভু! (তিনি) সোনার দণ্ডযুক্ত, অ-কুণ্ঠিত অগ্রভাগবিশিষ্ট, তেলে ধোয়া অতিশয় নির্মল সেই শক্তি দেখলেন; জিহ্বা লেলিহান মহাবিষধর নাগকন্যার ন্যায় তা প্রতীয়মান হচ্ছিল।

Word by Word

• स्वर्णदण्डाम्: having a golden staff/handle
• स्वर्णदण्डाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्णदण्डा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अकुण्ठाग्राम्: with an unblunted/sharp point
• अकुण्ठाग्राम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकुण्ठाग्रा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तैलधौताम्: oil-polished/cleansed with oil
• तैलधौताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तैलधौता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सुनिर्मलाम्: very clean/spotless
• सुनिर्मलाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुनिर्मला
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• लेलिहानाम्: licking (its lips/tongue), darting the tongue
• लेलिहानाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लेलिहान
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• विभो: O mighty one
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नागकन्याम्: a serpent-maiden (female serpent)
• नागकन्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागकन्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• महाविषाम्: highly venomous
• महाविषाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाविषा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by the vocative vibho)
• weapon (unspecified; described by features)
• nāgakanyā (serpent-maiden, metaphor)