Shloka 60

Devanagari script

ततोडन्तरिक्षादपतद्‌ गतासु: सराक्षसेन्द्रो भुवि भिन्नदेह: । अवाक्‌शिरा: स्तब्धगात्रो विजिह्नो घटोत्कचो महदास्थाय रूपम्‌

Transliteration

tato 'nantarikṣād apatat gatāsuḥ sarākṣasendro bhuvi bhinnadehaḥ | avākśirāḥ stabdhagātro vijihno ghaṭotkaco mahad āsthāya rūpam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, the lord of the Rākṣasas—Ghaṭotkaca—his life departed and his body shattered, fell down from the sky onto the earth. Headlong, his limbs rigid, and his form distorted, he lay there having assumed a vast and terrible shape.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

अन्तरिक्षात्from the sky/mid-air

अपतत्fell down

गतासुःlifeless (whose life had gone)

स-राक्षस-इन्द्रःthe lord of the Rakshasas

भुविon the ground

भिन्न-देहःwith a shattered body

अवाक्-शिराःwith head hanging down

स्तब्ध-गात्रःwith rigid limbs

विजिह्नःtwisted/contorted

घटोत्कचःGhaṭotkaca

महत्great, huge

आस्थायhaving assumed/taken up

रूपम्form, appearance

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Ghaṭotkaca

Rākṣasas

antarikṣa (sky/mid-air)

bhūmi (earth)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes