Shloka 95

भण्डपुत्रशोकः (Bhaṇḍa’s Lament for His Sons) — Lalitopākhyāna Episode

Devanagari script

उरोभिर्मर्दयन्तश्च शैलवप्रसमप्रभैः / पिंषन्तश्च पदाघातैः पीनैर्घ्नन्तस्तथोदरैः

Transliteration

urobhirmardayantaśca śailavaprasamaprabhaiḥ / piṃṣantaśca padāghātaiḥ pīnairghnantastathodaraiḥ

Translation

Ils écrasaient de leurs poitrines, solides comme des falaises de montagne. Ils broyaient sous les coups de leurs pieds, et tuaient aussi par le choc de leurs ventres massifs.

Word by Word

• urobhiḥ: with (their) chests
• urobhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• mardayantaḥ: crushing, pressing down
• mardayantaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mṛd (धातु)
• Form: Causative present active participle (ṇic + शतृ), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; 'crushing'

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• śaila-vapra-sama-prabhaiḥ: with (chests) like mountain-ramparts
• śaila-vapra-sama-prabhaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaila + vapra + sama + prabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; agrees with 'urobhiḥ'; tatpuruṣa: śaila-vapra-sadṛśa-prabhā (having the appearance/solidity like a mountain-rampart)

• piṃṣantaḥ: grinding, pounding
• piṃṣantaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: piṣ (धातु)
• Form: Vartamāna-kṛdanta (present active participle/शतृ), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• padāghātaiḥ: with foot-strikes
• padāghātaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada + āghāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीyaa), Plural; tatpuruṣa: padena āghātāḥ (blows with the foot)

• pīnaiḥ: swollen, massive
• pīnaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; agreeing with 'udaraḥ/udaraiḥ' (or implied instruments)

• ghnantaḥ: striking, killing
• ghnantaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: Vartamāna-kṛdanta (present active participle/शतृ), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• tathā: likewise, also
• tathā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (प्रकारवाचक अव्यय)

• udaraiḥ: with (their) bellies
• udaraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural