Shloka 23
भण्डासुरस्य मन्त्रणा
Bhaṇḍāsura’s War-Counsel against Lalitā
Devanagari script
वहन्मुहर्वीज्यमानं चामराणां चतुष्टयम् / उत्तङ्गकेतुसंघातलिखितांबुदमण्डलः
Transliteration
vahanmuharvījyamānaṃ cāmarāṇāṃ catuṣṭayam / uttaṅgaketusaṃghātalikhitāṃbudamaṇḍalaḥ
Translation
ആ രഥം ഇടയ്ക്കിടയ്ക്ക് മുന്നേറുകയും നാലു ചാമരങ്ങളാൽ വീശപ്പെടുകയും ചെയ്തു; ഉയർന്ന പതാകകളുടെ കൂട്ടം മേഘമണ്ഡലത്തെ രേഖപ്പെടുത്തിയതുപോലെ തോന്നി।
Word by Word
vahancarrying/bearing
vahan:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootvah (धातु)
FormŚatṛ-pratyaya present active participle (वर्तमानकाले शतृ), Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; agreeing with maṇḍalaḥ
muharrepeatedly
muhar:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmuhar (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
FormAdverb (क्रियाविशेषण) meaning ‘again and again/at intervals’
vījyamānambeing fanned
vījyamānam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootvīj (धातु)
FormPresent passive participle (वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि शानच्), Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; qualifying catuṣṭayam
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormConjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक)
cāmarāṇāmof fly-whisks
cāmarāṇām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootcāmara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural; ‘of yak-tail fans’
catuṣṭayama set of four
catuṣṭayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcatuṣṭaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; collective ‘a set of four’
uttaṅga-ketu-saṃghāta-likhita-aṃbuda-maṇḍalaḥ(he) whose cloud-circle is marked by a mass of lofty banners
uttaṅga-ketu-saṃghāta-likhita-aṃbuda-maṇḍalaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootuttaṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + ketu (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃghāta (प्रातिपदिक) + likhita (कृदन्त, √likh धातु) + aṃbuda (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; multi-member determinative compound: ‘cloud-circle (aṃbuda-maṇḍala) written/marked (likhita) by the mass (saṃghāta) of lofty banners (uttaṅga-ketu)’