Shloka 86
दुर्मद-कुरण्ड-वधः (The Slaying of Durmada and Kuraṇḍa) — Lalitopākhyāna Battle Continuation
Devanagari script
वज्रसाराश्च निबिडा वज्रजाल भयङ्करा / वज्राकारैर्नशैस्तूर्ण दारयन्तो महीतलम्
Transliteration
vajrasārāśca nibiḍā vajrajāla bhayaṅkarā / vajrākārairnaśaistūrṇa dārayanto mahītalam
Translation
Hard as the very essence of vajra, dense and compact, they became a fearsome net of vajra; with vajra-shaped claws they swiftly tore open the earth’s surface.
Word by Word
वज्र-साराःhard as a thunderbolt
वज्र-साराः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक) + सार (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘having vajra as essence/solid’
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
FormConjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
निबिडाःdense; compact
निबिडाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिबिड (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
वज्र-जालाःlike a thunderbolt-net
वज्र-जालाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक) + जाल (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘like a net/mesh of vajra’
भयङ्कराःterrifying
भयङ्कराः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootभयङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
वज्र-आकारैःwith thunderbolt-like forms
वज्र-आकारैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘with vajra-shaped (things/forms)’
नखैःwith claws
नखैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनख (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
तूर्णम्swiftly
तूर्णम्:
Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतूर्णम् (अव्यय)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
दारयन्तःtearing; rending
दारयन्तः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√दॄ (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त; present active participle)
FormPresent active participle (वर्तमानकाले शतृ), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); parasmaipada sense — ‘tearing/splitting’
मही-तलम्the earth’s surface
मही-तलम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमही (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); ‘surface of the earth’