Shloka 17
दण्डधारवधः | The Slaying of Daṇḍadhāra
Devanagari script
ततः क्रुद्धों महेष्वासस्तत्सैन्यं प्राद्रवच्छरै: । अन्तकाले यथा क्रुद्ध: सर्वभूतानि प्रेतराट्,तत्पश्चात् क्रोधमें भरे हुए महाधनुर्धर श्रुतकर्माने अपने बाणोंद्वारा उस सेनापर आक्रमण किया, मानो प्रलयकालमें कुपित हुए यमराज समस्त प्राणियोंपर धावा बोल रहे हों
Word by Word
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
FormAvyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')
क्रुद्धःangry
क्रुद्धः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रुद्ध
FormMasculine, nominative, singular
महेष्वासःgreat archer (lit. one with a great bow)
महेष्वासः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहेष्वास
FormMasculine, nominative, singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, accusative, singular
सैन्यम्army
सैन्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसैन्य
FormNeuter, accusative, singular
प्राद्रवत्ran forth/charged
प्राद्रवत्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + द्रु
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd person, singular, Parasmaipada
शरैःwith arrows
शरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशर
FormMasculine, instrumental, plural
अन्तकालेat the time of the end (doom)
अन्तकाले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तकाल
FormMasculine, locative, singular
यथाas, like
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
FormAvyaya (comparative particle)
क्रुद्धःangry
क्रुद्धः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रुद्ध
FormMasculine, nominative, singular
सर्वभूतानिall beings
सर्वभूतानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वभूत
FormNeuter, accusative, plural
प्रेतराट्king of the departed (Yama)
प्रेतराट्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रेतराज्
FormMasculine, nominative, singular
Speaker
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Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
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