Shloka 7

अग्निभय-प्रसङ्गे मन्दपालस्य शोकः

Mandapāla’s Lament amid the Threat of Fire

Devanagari script

सर्वशस्त्रैरनाधृष्यं सर्वशस्त्रप्रमाथि च । सर्वायुधमहामात्र परसैन्यप्रधर्षणम्‌

Transliteration

sarvaśastrair anādhṛṣyaṃ sarvaśastra-pramāthi ca | sarvāyudha-mahāmātra para-sainya-pradharṣaṇam

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: He was unassailable by any weapon, and a destroyer of every weapon’s power. A great commander over all arms, he could crush the enemy’s host—an embodiment of martial mastery before which opposing force and pride fall away.

Word by Word

• सर्वशस्त्रैः: by/with all weapons
• सर्वशस्त्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वशस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अनाधृष्यम्: unassailable, not to be overpowered
• अनाधृष्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाधृष्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वशस्त्रप्रमाथि: one who crushes/destroys all weapons
• सर्वशस्त्रप्रमाथि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वशस्त्रप्रमाथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वायुधमहामात्र: O great commander of all arms
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वायुधमहामात्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• परसैन्यप्रधर्षणम्: the assailing/harassing of the enemy army
• परसैन्यप्रधर्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परसैन्यप्रधर्षण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• enemy army (para-sainya)
• weapons/arms (śastra, āyudha)