Shloka 38

Indrajit’s Binding, Restoration by Viśalyā, and Counsel Restraining Rāvaṇa (Āraṇyaka Parva 273)

Devanagari script

सहस्रशीर्षा पुरुष: स्वप्तुकामस्त्वतीन्द्रिय: । फटासहस्रविकटं शेषं पर्यड्कभाजनम्‌

Transliteration

sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ svaptukāmas tv atīndriyaḥ | phaṭāsahasravikaṭaṃ śeṣaṃ paryaḍkabhājanam ||

Translation

ビーマセーナは言った。「千の頭を具え、感官の及ばぬ彼方で眠ろうとするその超越のプルシャは、千の蛇冠をもつ恐るべき大いなるシェーシャ（Śeṣa）を、臥床として、また憩いの床として用いておられた。」

Word by Word

• सहस्रशीर्षा: having a thousand heads
• सहस्रशीर्षा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-शीर्षन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषः: the Person (Puruṣa)
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वप्तुकामः: desiring to sleep
• स्वप्तुकामः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वप्तु-काम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अतीन्द्रियः: beyond the senses
• अतीन्द्रियः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतीन्द्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• फटासहस्रविकटम्: huge with a thousand hoods (serpent-hoods)
• फटासहस्रविकटम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फटा-सहस्र-विकट
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शेषम्: Śeṣa (the serpent)
• शेषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पर्यङ्कभाजनम्: a couch/bed as a receptacle (i.e., serving as a bed)
• पर्यङ्कभाजनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्यङ्क-भाजन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena
• Puruṣa (cosmic Person / Supreme Being)
• Śeṣa (Ananta, the serpent)