Shloka 23

Adhyāya 290: Kuntī’s Mantra-Parīkṣā and the Appearance of Sūrya (कुन्ती–सूर्यसंवादः)

Devanagari script

स रुषा सर्वगात्रेषु तयो: पुरुषसिंहयो:

Transliteration

sa ruṣā sarvagātreṣu tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, seized by anger, it spread through every limb of those two lion-like men—an outward sign that wrath had taken hold of their whole being and was about to drive their next action.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रुषा: with anger
• रुषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुष्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सर्वगात्रेषु: in all (his) limbs
• सर्वगात्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वगात्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• तयोः: of the two
• तयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual

• पुरुषसिंहयोः: of the two lion-like men
• पुरुषसिंहयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषसिंह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• मार्कण्डेय (Markandeya)
• two heroic men (puruṣasiṃha)