Shloka 11

दण्डधारवधः | The Slaying of Daṇḍadhāra

Devanagari script

ततः स रुधिराक्ताड़रो रुधिरेण कृतच्छवि: । रराज समरे वीर: सपुष्प इव किंशुक:,तत्पश्चात्‌ खूनसे लथपथ अंगोंवाला वीर श्रुतकर्मा समरांगणमें उस रुधिरसे अभिनव शोभा धारण करके खिले हुए पलाशवृक्षके समान सुशोभित हुआ

Transliteration

tataḥ sa rudhirāktāṅgo rudhireṇa kṛtacchaviḥ | rarāja samare vīraḥ sapuṣpa iva kiṃśukaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then that hero, his limbs smeared with blood and his splendor newly fashioned by that very blood, shone on the battlefield like a kiṃśuka tree in full bloom.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: indeclinable (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereafter')

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• रुधिराक्ताङ्गः: whose limbs were smeared with blood
• रुधिराक्ताङ्गः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुधिराक्ताङ्ग
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• रुधिरेण: with blood
• रुधिरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• कृतच्छविः: having made (assumed) a (new) radiance/appearance
• कृतच्छविः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतच्छवि
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• रराज: shone, was resplendent
• Type: Verb
• Root: राज्
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• वीरः: the hero
• वीरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सपुष्पः: with flowers, in bloom
• सपुष्पः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सपुष्प
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: indeclinable

• किंशुकः: the kiṃśuka tree (palāśa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंशुक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• kiṃśuka (palāśa) tree
• battlefield (samara)