Shloka 24

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

Devanagari script

चकार वजं भृशमुग्ररूप॑ं कृत्वा च शक्रं स उवाच हृष्ट: । अनेन वज्प्रवरेण देव भस्मीकुरुष्वाद्य सुरारिमुग्रम्‌

Transliteration

cakāra vajraṁ bhṛśam ugrarūpaṁ kṛtvā ca śakraṁ sa uvāca hṛṣṭaḥ | anena vajrapravareṇa deva bhasmīkuruṣvādya surārim ugraṁ ||

Translation

Lomāśa sprach: „Er schmiedete einen Donnerkeil von überaus furchterregender Gestalt; und nachdem er ihn bereitet hatte, sagte er freudig zu Śakra: ‚O Gott, mit diesem erlesensten Donnerkeil mache heute den grimmigen Feind der Götter zu Asche.‘“

Word by Word

• चकार: made, fashioned
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (करोति)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), 3, singular

• वज्रम्: thunderbolt
• वज्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• भृशम्: exceedingly, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृश

• उग्ररूपम्: of fierce form
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्ररूप
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कृत्वा: having made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शक्रम्: Indra (Śakra)
• शक्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• उवाच: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), 3, singular

• हृष्टः: delighted, pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• वज्रप्रवरेण: with the excellent thunderbolt
• वज्रप्रवरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रप्रवर
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• देव: O god (O Deva)
• देव: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• भस्मीकुरुष्व: reduce to ashes!
• Type: Verb
• Root: भस्मीकृ
• Form: लोट् (परस्मैपद), 2, singular

• अद्य: today, now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• सुरारिम्: the enemy of the gods
• सुरारिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरारि
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• उग्रम्: fierce, formidable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomāśa
• Śakra (Indra)
• vajra (thunderbolt)
• surāri (enemy of the gods)