Shloka 45
बलाहकादिसप्तसेनानायकप्रेषणम् (Dispatch of the Seven Commanders beginning with Balāhaka) / Lalitopākhyāna War Continuation
Devanagari script
मत्तः पर्वतशृङ्गाभश्चञ्चूदण्डं समुद्वहन् / कालदण्डप्रमाणेन जङ्घाकाण्डेन भीषणः
Transliteration
mattaḥ parvataśṛṅgābhaścañcūdaṇḍaṃ samudvahan / kāladaṇḍapramāṇena jaṅghākāṇḍena bhīṣaṇaḥ
Translation
Maddened with arrogance, like a mountain peak, he lifted aloft his beak as a mace. Fearsome was his shank, as long as Kāladaṇḍa, Yama’s rod of Time.
Word by Word
mattaḥmaddened, frenzied
mattaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootmatta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; 'intoxicated/maddened' (as epithet)
parvata-śṛṅga-ābhaḥhaving the look of a mountain peak
parvata-śṛṅga-ābhaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootparvata (प्रातिपदिक) + śṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + ābha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; तत्पुरुष: parvata-śṛṅgasya ābhaḥ (having the appearance of a mountain-peak)
cañcū-daṇḍambeak-like staff/rod
cañcū-daṇḍam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcañcū (प्रातिपदिक) + daṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष: cañcvoḥ daṇḍaḥ (beak-staff)
samudvahancarrying, bearing
samudvahan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ud-vah (धातु)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; √vah with prefixes sam-ud-
kāla-daṇḍa-pramāṇenaby the measure of Yama’s staff
kāla-daṇḍa-pramāṇena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक) + daṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष: kālasya daṇḍaḥ (Yama’s staff) → its measure/size; 'by the measure of Yama’s staff'
jaṅghā-kāṇḍenawith (his) shank-like trunk/leg-stem
jaṅghā-kāṇḍena:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootjaṅghā (प्रातिपदिक) + kāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; तत्पुरुष: jaṅghāyāḥ kāṇḍaḥ (shank/leg-stem)
bhīṣaṇaḥterrible, dreadful
bhīṣaṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular