Shloka 416

Devanagari script

गदया राक्षसो घोरो निजघान ननाद च । भयानक शब्द करनेवाली उस विशाल गदाको आती देख भयंकर राक्षस अलायुधने अपनी गदासे उसपर आघात किया और बड़े जोरसे गर्जना की

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | gadayā rākṣaso ghoro nijaghāna nanāda ca |

Translation

Sañjaya said: The dreadful Rākṣasa struck with his mace and roared aloud. Seeing the huge mace rushing in with a terrifying sound, the fearsome Rākṣasa—Alāyudha—met it with a blow of his own mace and thundered mightily.

Word by Word

• गदया: with a mace
• गदया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• राक्षसः: the demon
• राक्षसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• घोरः: terrible, fierce
• घोरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निजघान: struck, smote
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ननाद: roared
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Alāyudha
• rākṣasa
• gadā (mace)