Shloka 44

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

Devanagari script

तस्य लोहितरक्तस्य दीप्तखड्गस्य युध्यत: । अमानुष इवाकारो बभौ परमभीषण:,वह खूनसे रँग गया था। जूझते हुए उस वीरकी तलवार चमक रही थी। उस समय उसका आकार मानवेतर प्राणीके समान अत्यन्त भयंकर प्रतीत होता था

Transliteration

tasya lohita-raktasya dīpta-khaḍgasya yudhyataḥ | amānuṣa iva ākāro babhau paramabhīṣaṇaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: As he fought, his body was smeared with crimson blood and his sword blazed with a fierce sheen. In that moment his very form appeared almost inhuman—utterly terrifying—revealing how the frenzy of night-battle can strip war of ordinary human measure and restraint.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• लोहित-रक्तस्य: blood-red, reddened with blood
• लोहित-रक्तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोहित + रक्त
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• दीप्त-खड्गस्य: of the shining sword
• दीप्त-खड्गस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun (with adjective as compound member)
• Root: दीप्त + खड्ग
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• युध्यतः: of (him) fighting
• युध्यतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: present active participle (शतृ), masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• अमानुषः: non-human, superhuman
• अमानुषः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमानुष
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• आकारः: form, appearance
• आकारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकार
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• बभौ: shone/appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा
• Form: perfect (लिट्), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• परम-भीषणः: extremely terrible
• परम-भीषणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम + भीषण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• sword (khaḍga)