Shloka 17

Kāleya-Āśrama-Vināśaḥ — The Kāleyas’ nocturnal raids and the devas’ supplication to Nārāyaṇa

Devanagari script

सिंहव्याप्रैर्महानादान्नदद्धिरनुनादितम्‌ । अपरैश्नापि संलीनैर्गुहाकन्दरशायिभि:

Transliteration

siṁhavyāghrair mahānādān nadadbhiḥ anunāditam | aparaiś ca api saṁlīnair guhākandaraśāyibhiḥ ||

Translation

Lomāśa sprach: „Jener Ort hallte immer wieder wider vom Brüllen der Löwen und Tiger, die mit mächtigen Rufen dröhnten; und auch von anderen wilden Tieren, die verborgen lagen und in Höhlen und felsigen Schluchten hausten.“

Word by Word

• सिंहव्याप्रैः: by lions and tigers
• सिंहव्याप्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह + व्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• महानादान्: great roars
• महानादान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नदद्भिः: by (those) roaring
• नदद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural, शतृ (present active participle)

• अनुनादितम्: resounded/echoed
• अनुनादितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु + नद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• अपरैः: by others
• अपरैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• श्नाभिः: by dogs
• श्नाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• संलीनैः: by (those) lying hidden/merged
• संलीनैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + ली
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• गुहाकन्दरशायिभिः: by (those) dwelling in caves and caverns
• गुहाकन्दरशायिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुहा + कन्दर + शायिन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomāśa
• lions
• tigers
• caves (guhā)
• rocky hollows/clefts (kandara)