Shloka 82

Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger

Dialogue Frame

Devanagari script

प्रहारैरशनिप्रख्यैर्निघ्नन्दैत्यान्सहस्रशः / चचार समरे रामः क्रुद्धः काल इवापरः

Transliteration

prahārairaśaniprakhyairnighnandaityānsahasraśaḥ / cacāra samare rāmaḥ kruddhaḥ kāla ivāparaḥ

Translation

Par des coups pareils à la foudre, il abattait les daityas par milliers ; Rāma, courroucé, parcourait le champ de bataille tel un autre Kāla.

Word by Word

• prahāraiḥ: with blows/strikes
• prahāraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• aśani-prakhyaiḥ: resembling thunderbolts
• aśani-prakhyaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśani (प्रातिपदिक) + prakhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with prahāraiḥ

• nighnan: killing/striking down
• nighnan: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Parasmaipada sense, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with rāmaḥ

• daityān: daityas
• daityān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sahasraśaḥ: by the thousands
• sahasraśaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasraśas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb of manner/number (परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• cacāra: moved/roamed
• cacāra: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्, perfect), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• samare: in battle
• samare: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• rāmaḥ: Rama
• rāmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• kruddhaḥ: furious
• kruddhaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kruddha (कृदन्त; √krudh, क्रुध्)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• kālaḥ: Time/Death
• kālaḥ: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• iva: like
• iva: Upamā-dyotaka (उपमाद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), simile particle (उपमावाचक निपात)

• aparaḥ: another (as if)
• aparaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with rāmaḥ; 'another/second'