Shloka 9
Jamadagni-Āśrama-Ākramaṇa (Attack on Jamadagni’s Hermitage) / जमदग्न्याश्रमाक्रमणम्
Devanagari script
तं हत्वास्य शिरो हृत्वा निषादा इव निर्दयाः / प्रययुस्ते दुरात्मानः सबलाः स्वपुरीं प्रति
Transliteration
taṃ hatvāsya śiro hṛtvā niṣādā iva nirdayāḥ / prayayuste durātmānaḥ sabalāḥ svapurīṃ prati
Translation
അദ്ദേഹത്തെ കൊന്ന് തലയറുത്ത്, കാട്ടாளരെപ്പോലെ നിർദയരായ ആ ദുരാത്മാക്കൾ സൈന്യസമേതം സ്വന്തം നഗരത്തിലേക്ക് മടങ്ങി.
Word by Word
tamhim
tam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
hatvāhaving killed
hatvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Roothan (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त), ‘having killed’
asyaof him
asya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular
śiraḥhead
śiraḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśiras (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
hṛtvāhaving taken away
hṛtvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Roothṛ (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), ‘having taken/removed’
niṣādāḥNiṣādas (hunters/tribals)
niṣādāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootniṣāda (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
ivalike/as
iva:
Upamāna-marker (उपमान-सूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
FormParticle of comparison (उपमा-अव्यय)
nirdayāḥmerciless
nirdayāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnirdaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; adjective qualifying ‘niṣādāḥ’
prayayuswent forth
prayayus:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootyā (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural; ‘they went’
tethey/those
te:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; pronoun referring to the agents
durātmānaḥevil-souled men
durātmānaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdurātman (प्रातिपदिक: dur + ātman)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; compound ‘evil + self’
sa-balāḥwith their forces
sa-balāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsa + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; avyayībhāva sense ‘with strength/with forces’ qualifying ‘te’
sva-purīmto their own city
sva-purīm:
Gati/Karma (गति-कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsva + purī (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘own city’
pratitowards
prati:
Dik/Adhikaraṇa-marker (दिक्-सूचक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootprati (अव्यय)
FormPreposition/postposition (उपसर्ग/निपात) governing accusative; direction ‘towards’