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Shloka 38

Aśvatthāmā’s Stuti of Rudra and Śiva’s Empowerment (सौप्तिकपर्व, अध्याय ७)

चूडाला: कर्णिकाराश्र प्रह्ष्टा: पिठरोदरा: । अतिहस्वातिदीर्घाक्ष प्रलम्बाश्वातिभैरवा:

cūḍālāḥ karṇikārāś ca prahṛṣṭāḥ piṭharodarāḥ | atihasvātidīrghākṣāḥ pralambāś cātibhairavāḥ ||

សញ្ជ័យបាននិយាយថា៖ «ខ្លះមានសក់ចងជាចុងក្បាល; ខ្លះពាក់ផ្កាដើមកណ្ណិការ។ អ្នកបម្រើជាច្រើនរីករាយខ្លាំង មុខភ្លឺដោយសេចក្តីរីករាយដ៏សាហាវ។ ខ្លះមានពោះដូចឆ្នាំង ឬកាដៃ។ ខ្លះទាបខ្លាំង ខ្លះធំគួរឱ្យខ្លាច ខ្លះខ្ពស់ណាស់ ហើយខ្លះមានរូបរាងគួរឱ្យភ័យស្លន់ស្លោ»។

चूडालाःhaving topknots/crests (women/spirits with chūḍā)
चूडालाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचूडाला
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
कर्णिकाराःbearing karnikāra flowers / karnikāra-trees (as adornment)
कर्णिकाराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकर्णिकार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रहृष्टाःexceedingly delighted / thrilled
प्रहृष्टाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रहृष्ट
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पिठरोदराःhaving bellies like pots/cauldrons
पिठरोदराः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपिठरोदर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अतिह्रस्वाःvery short (in stature)
अतिह्रस्वाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअतिह्रस्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अतिदीर्घाक्षाःhaving very long eyes
अतिदीर्घाक्षाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअतिदीर्घाक्ष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रलम्बाःpendulous/long-limbed; hanging down
प्रलम्बाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रलम्ब
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अतिभैरवाःextremely terrifying
अतिभैरवाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअतिभैरव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
K
karṇikāra (flower/tree)
A
attendants/gaṇas (implied)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the moral atmosphere of the Sauptika episode: violence undertaken in the darkness of night is accompanied by imagery of the grotesque and the dreadful, suggesting a drift from dharma toward fear, excess, and adharma.

Sañjaya narrates to Dhṛtarāṣṭra a vision-like description of fierce, strange attendants—varied in form, ornament, and size—whose terrifying appearance and exhilaration heighten the ominous mood surrounding the nocturnal events of the Sauptika Parva.