Shloka 139

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

Devanagari script

मेदोमज्जास्थिरक्तानां वसानां च भशाशिता: । परमांसानि खादन्त: क्रव्यादा मांसजीविन:,मेदा, मज्जा, हड्डी, रक्त और चर्बीका विशेष आहार करनेवाले मांसजीवी राक्षस एवं हिंसक जन्तु दूसरोंके मांस खा रहे थे

Transliteration

medomajjāsthiraktānāṁ vasānāṁ ca bhakṣaśitāḥ | paramāṁsāni khādantaḥ kravyādā māṁsajīvinaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Flesh-eating ghouls and savage beasts—feeders on fat, marrow, bones, blood, and grease—were devouring the choicest portions of human flesh.

Word by Word

• मेदोमज्जास्थिरक्तानाम्: of fat, marrow, bone, and blood
• मेदोमज्जास्थिरक्तानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदस्-मज्जा-अस्थि-रक्त
• Form: Neuter+Feminine+Neuter+Neuter (compound treated as Neuter), Genitive, Plural

• वसानाम्: of (animal) fat/grease
• वसानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

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

• भक्षाशिताः: accustomed to eating / having eaten as food
• भक्षाशिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्षाशित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परमांसानि: others' flesh
• परमांसानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर-मांस
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• खादन्तः: eating, devouring
• खादन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: खाद्
• Form: Present (Shatru participle), Plural, Masculine, Nominative

• क्रव्यादाः: flesh-eaters, carnivores
• क्रव्यादाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रव्याद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मांसजीविनः: living on flesh
• मांसजीविनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मांस-जीविन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• kravyādāḥ (flesh-eaters: rākṣasas/ghouls and predatory creatures)