Shloka 50

Viśukra–Viṣaṅga-vadha (The Slaying of Viśukra and Viṣaṅga) — Lalitopākhyāna

Devanagari script

नृत्यत्कबन्धनिवहाविर्भूततटपादपम् / दैत्यकेशसहस्रैस्तु शैवालाङ्कुरकोमला

Transliteration

nṛtyatkabandhanivahāvirbhūtataṭapādapam / daityakeśasahasraistu śaivālāṅkurakomalā

Translation

踊る無頭の屍の群れが現れ、岸辺の樹々のように立ち並ぶ。ダイティヤの幾千の髪に覆われ、藻の芽のごとく柔らかである。

Word by Word

• nṛtyat-kabandha-nivaha-āvirbhūta-taṭa-pādapam: having banks/trees that appeared as masses of dancing headless trunks
• nṛtyat-kabandha-nivaha-āvirbhūta-taṭa-pādapam: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nṛtyat (कृदन्त; √nṛt) + kabandha (प्रातिपदिक) + nivaha (प्रातिपदिक) + āvirbhūta (कृदन्त; √bhū) + taṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + pādapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; qualifying the following feminine subject); अन्तर्भूत-विशेषणसमूह: nṛtyat=वर्तमानकृदन्त, āvirbhūta=क्त-कृदन्त

• daitya-keśa-sahasraiḥ: with thousands of demon-hairs
• daitya-keśa-sahasraiḥ: Karana (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya + keśa + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग? (sahasra), तृतीया बहुवचन (Instr. pl.)

• tu: indeed / but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/अन्वयार्थक (particle: but/indeed)

• śaivāla-aṅkura-komalā: tender with sprouts of algae
• śaivāla-aṅkura-komalā: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaivāla + aṅkura + komala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (Nom. sg.)