Shloka 9

कुन्तीगर्भगोपनम् तथा मञ्जूषाप्रवाहः

Kuntī’s concealed childbirth and the river-borne casket

Devanagari script

ततस्ते राममार्च्छन्तो लक्ष्मणं च क्षपाचरा: । अभिपेतुस्तदा राम॑ प्रगृहीतशरासना:,तदनन्तर वे राक्षस हाथोंमें धनुष-बाण लिये श्रीराम और लक्ष्मणको पीड़ा देते हुए उनपर टूट पड़े

Transliteration

tataste rāmam ārcchantō lakṣmaṇaṁ ca kṣapācarāḥ | abhipetustadā rāma pragṛhītaśarāsanāḥ ||

Translation

Lalu para raksasa pengembara malam itu, dengan busur terentang dan anak panah siap, menerjang Rāma dan Lakṣmaṇa untuk menyiksa dan menundukkan mereka.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रामम्: Rama
• रामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आर्च्छन्तः: approaching, rushing towards
• आर्च्छन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ऋच्छ्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• लक्ष्मणम्: Lakshmana
• लक्ष्मणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• क्षपाचराः: night-wanderers (rakshasas)
• क्षपाचराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षपाचर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभिपेतुः: they fell upon, attacked
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तदा: at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• राम: O Rama
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रगृहीत-शर-आसनाः: having seized bows and arrows (with weapons readied)
• प्रगृहीत-शर-आसनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रगृहीतशरासन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Rāma
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Rākṣasas (kṣapācaras)
• bows
• arrows