Shloka 21

Ṣoḍaśāvaraṇa-cakre Rudrāṇāṃ Nāma-sthāna-nirdeśa

Rudras in the Sixteen-Enclosure Chakra

Devanagari script

अश्वाश्चैवाश्वपतय अव्याधिन्यस्तथैव च / विविध्यन्तो गणाध्यक्षा बृहन्तो विन्ध्यमर्द्दन

Transliteration

aśvāścaivāśvapataya avyādhinyastathaiva ca / vividhyanto gaṇādhyakṣā bṛhanto vindhyamarddana

Translation

There were horses and lords of horses, and likewise the Avyādhinī women; many chiefs of the gaṇas struck and pierced in diverse ways, and the mighty Vindhyamardana—crusher of the Vindhya—was among them.

Word by Word

• aśvāḥ: horses
• aśvāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphasis particle (अवधारण)

• aśvapatayaḥ: lords/masters of horses
• aśvapatayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśva-pati (प्रातिपदिक: aśva + pati)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी): 'aśvānāṃ patayaḥ' = lords of horses

• avyādhinyaḥ: free from illness
• avyādhinyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vyādhinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Plural; negated adjective: a- + vyādhinī

• tathā: thus/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphasis particle (अवधारण)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय)

• vividhyantaḥ: piercing/striking
• vividhyantaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividhyat (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √vyadh/व्यध् with vi-)
• Form: Present participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Plural; vi- + √vyadh = to pierce

• gaṇādhyakṣāḥ: leaders/overseers of groups
• gaṇādhyakṣāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa-adhyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक: gaṇa + adhyakṣa)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी): 'gaṇānām adhyakṣāḥ' = overseers of troops/groups

• bṛhantaḥ: great/large
• bṛhantaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bṛhat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• vindhya-marddana: O Vindhya-crusher (epithet)
• vindhya-marddana: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vindhya-mardana (प्रातिपदिक: vindhya + mardana)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular; तत्पुरुषः (कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-भाव): 'vindhyaṃ mardayati' / 'vindhyasya mardanaḥ'