Shloka 45

दुर्मद-कुरण्ड-वधः (The Slaying of Durmada and Kuraṇḍa) — Lalitopākhyāna Battle Continuation

Devanagari script

पराक्रमं बहुविधं चक्रुस्ते पञ्च दानवाः / करीन्द्री गर्दभशतैर्युक्तं स्यन्दनमास्थितः

Transliteration

parākramaṃ bahuvidhaṃ cakruste pañca dānavāḥ / karīndrī gardabhaśatairyuktaṃ syandanamāsthitaḥ

Translation

The five Dānavas wrought valor in many forms; one mounted a war-chariot (syandana) yoked with a queenly she-elephant and a hundred asses.

Word by Word

• parākramaṃ: valor, prowess
• parākramaṃ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parākrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā vibhakti (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (singular)

• bahuvidhaṃ: of many kinds
• bahuvidhaṃ: Viśeṣaṇa of Karma (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahuvidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; agrees with parākramaṃ; compound: बहु + विध (many + kinds)

• cakruḥ: did, performed
• cakruḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: Luṅ (लुङ्, aorist), Parasmaipada, Prathama puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (plural)

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (masc), Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana; demonstrative pronoun used for emphasis

• pañca: five
• pañca: Viśeṣaṇa of Karta (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcan (पञ्चन् संख्याशब्द)
• Form: Saṅkhyā (numeral), indeclinable-like usage; qualifies dānavāḥ

• dānavāḥ: Dānavas (demons)
• dānavāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Bahuvacana

• karīndrī: (a female) lordly elephant / elephant-cow
• karīndrī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karīndrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (fem), Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• gardabhaśataiḥ: with hundreds of donkeys
• gardabhaśataiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gardabhaśata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā (3rd/instrumental), Bahuvacana; compound: गर्दभ + शत (a hundred of donkeys)

• yuktaṃ: yoked, harnessed
• yuktaṃ: Viśeṣaṇa of Karta (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yukta (कृदन्त; युज् धातु)
• Form: Kta-participle (क्त), Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; agrees with syandanam

• syandanam: chariot
• syandanam: Karma (कर्म) (object of āsthitaḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: syandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana

• āsthitaḥ: mounted, occupied
• āsthitaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āsthita (कृदन्त; ā-√sthā धातु)
• Form: Kta-participle (क्त), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; used predicatively: ‘having mounted/occupied’