Shloka 45
बलाहकादिसप्तसेनानायकप्रेषणम् (Dispatch of the Seven Commanders beginning with Balāhaka) / Lalitopākhyāna War Continuation
Devanagari script
मत्तः पर्वतशृङ्गाभश्चञ्चूदण्डं समुद्वहन् / कालदण्डप्रमाणेन जङ्घाकाण्डेन भीषणः
Transliteration
mattaḥ parvataśṛṅgābhaścañcūdaṇḍaṃ samudvahan / kāladaṇḍapramāṇena jaṅghākāṇḍena bhīṣaṇaḥ
Translation
Vom Hochmut berauscht, einem Berggipfel gleich, hob er seinen schnabelhaften Stab empor. Schrecklich war sein Bein, von der Länge des Kāladaṇḍa, des Zeitstabes Yamas.
Word by Word
mattaḥmaddened, frenzied
mattaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmatta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; 'intoxicated/maddened' (as epithet)
parvata-śṛṅga-ābhaḥhaving the look of a mountain peak
parvata-śṛṅga-ābhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootparvata (प्रातिपदिक) + śṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + ābha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; तत्पुरुष: parvata-śṛṅgasya ābhaḥ (having the appearance of a mountain-peak)
cañcū-daṇḍambeak-like staff/rod
cañcū-daṇḍam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcañcū (प्रातिपदिक) + daṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष: cañcvoḥ daṇḍaḥ (beak-staff)
samudvahancarrying, bearing
samudvahan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ud-vah (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; √vah with prefixes sam-ud-
kāla-daṇḍa-pramāṇenaby the measure of Yama’s staff
kāla-daṇḍa-pramāṇena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक) + daṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष: kālasya daṇḍaḥ (Yama’s staff) → its measure/size; 'by the measure of Yama’s staff'
jaṅghā-kāṇḍenawith (his) shank-like trunk/leg-stem
jaṅghā-kāṇḍena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootjaṅghā (प्रातिपदिक) + kāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष: jaṅghāyāḥ kāṇḍaḥ (shank/leg-stem)
bhīṣaṇaḥterrible, dreadful
bhīṣaṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular