Shloka 34

Yuddha-yajña-vyākhyāna (The Battle as Sacrifice): Ambarīṣa–Indra Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

शोणितोदा सुसम्पूर्णा दुस्तरा पारगैनरि: । हतनागमहानक्रा परलोकवहाशिवा

Transliteration

śoṇitodā susampūrṇā dustarā pāragair nṛbhiḥ | hatanāga-mahānakrā paralokavahā śivā ||

Translation

Ambarīṣa berkata: “Sungai itu—yang airnya darah—penuh meluap dan sukar diseberangi bahkan oleh mereka yang mengetahui tempat dangkalnya. Ia dipenuhi buaya-buaya besar dan berserakan bangkai gajah; ia menghanyutkan makhluk menuju alam baka—namun (dalam tugasnya yang mengerikan itu) ia disebut ‘Śivā’, ‘yang membawa keberuntungan’.”

Word by Word

• शोणित-उदा: having blood as water (blood-flowing)
• शोणित-उदा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोणितोद (शोणित + उद)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सुसम्पूर्णा: very full/complete
• सुसम्पूर्णा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसम्पूर्ण
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• दुस्तरा: hard to cross
• दुस्तरा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुस्तर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पारगा: leading to the far shore / enabling crossing
• पारगा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पारग
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इनरिः: O lady (vocative-like address used as nominative in verse)
• इनरिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इनरि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• हत-नाग-महा-नक्रा: having slain elephants and great crocodiles
• हत-नाग-महा-नक्रा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हतनागमहानक्र (हत + नाग + महा + नक्र)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• परलोक-वहा: carrying (one) to the next world
• परलोक-वहा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परलोकवह (परलोक + वह)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अशिवा: inauspicious, harmful
• अशिवा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशिव
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अम्बरीष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ambarīṣa
• a blood-filled river (metaphorical/otherworldly river)
• elephants (nāga)
• crocodiles (nakra)
• paraloka (the next world)