Shloka 71

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

Devanagari script

पट्टिशैर्मुसलैश्चैव भिन्दिपालैः सहस्रशः / वज्रसारमयैर्दन्तैर्व्यदशन्मर्म सीमसु

Transliteration

paṭṭiśairmusalaiścaiva bhindipālaiḥ sahasraśaḥ / vajrasāramayairdantairvyadaśanmarma sīmasu

Translation

With paṭṭiśas, musalas, and bhindipālas by the thousand, and with fangs hard as vajra, she bit and tore the vital points along the body’s bounds.

Word by Word

• paṭṭiśaiḥ: with axes/battle-axes
• paṭṭiśaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṭṭiśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Tṛtīyā (Instr. 3), Bahuvacana

• musalaiḥ: with clubs
• musalaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: musala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Tṛtīyā (Instr. 3), Bahuvacana

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Samuccaya-avya ya (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle), emphasis

• bhindipālaiḥ: with javelins/spears (bhindipāla)
• bhindipālaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhindipāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Tṛtīyā (Instr. 3), Bahuvacana

• sahasraśaḥ: by thousands, in thousands
• sahasraśaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasraśas (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (adverb), distributive/multiplicative

• vajra-sāra-mayaiḥ: made of adamantine essence
• vajra-sāra-mayaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vajra + sāra + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Tṛtīyā (Instr. 3), Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa: ‘vajrasārasya mayaḥ’ = made of adamantine essence

• dantaiḥ: with teeth/tusks
• dantaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: danta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Tṛtīyā (Instr. 3), Bahuvacana

• vyadaśan: they bit/gnawed
• vyadaśan: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: daś (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ-lakāra (Imperfect), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana; parasmaipada; upasarga: vi- (intensive/dispersive)

• marma: vital spots
• marma: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: marma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Dvitīyā (Acc. 2), Ekavacana (collective sense)

• sīmasu: on the borders/edges
• sīmasu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sīman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Saptamī (Loc. 7), Bahuvacana