Shloka 32

The Crushing of the Traipuras

Gaṇeśa’s Battle with Tripura’s Son

Devanagari script

तत्र तत्र चकाराशु भीषणं संचितं शरैः । गजेन पातिताः केचिद्गजारोहेण चापरे

Transliteration

tatra tatra cakārāśu bhīṣaṇaṃ saṃcitaṃ śaraiḥ | gajena pātitāḥ kecidgajāroheṇa cāpare

Translation

അവൻ ഇവിടെ അവിടെ വേഗത്തിൽ അമ്പുകളുടെ ഘനവർഷം ചൊരിഞ്ഞ് ഭീകരാക്രമണം നടത്തി; ചിലർ ഗജത്താൽ വീണു, ചിലർ ഗജാരോഹിയാൽ വീണു।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• तत्र: here and there
• तत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्ति (repetition) बलार्थे

• चकार: made; did
• चकार: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg.), परस्मैपदम्

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• भीषणम्: a terror; a dreadful (thing)
• भीषणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (sg.); कर्मपदम् (object)

• संचितम्: heaped up; accumulated
• संचितम्: Karma-anvaya (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + चि (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (sg.); भीषणम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन (pl.)

• गजेन: by/with the elephant
• गजेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन (sg.)

• पातिताः: were felled
• पातिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्/पातय् (धातु; णिच्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle, passive sense), पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (pl.)

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् + चित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (pl.); अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite pronoun)

• गजारोहेण: by the elephant-rider
• गजारोहेण: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज + आरोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन (sg.)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (pl.)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual battle-description; specific speaker not identifiable from the single verse alone)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: चकाराशु = चकार आशु; केचिद्गजारोहेण = केचित् गजारोहेण; चापरे = च अपरे.

FAQs

What scene does this verse depict in the Padma Purana?

It depicts a battlefield moment: a rapid, terrifying attack characterized by concentrated volleys of arrows, with enemies being felled both by an elephant and by its rider.

Why are elephants and elephant-riders mentioned separately?

The verse distinguishes two sources of force on the battlefield: the elephant itself (trampling/impact) and the mounted warrior (weaponry/command), emphasizing the combined terror of elephant-corps warfare.

Is there a Bhakti or philosophical teaching directly stated here?

Not directly in this verse; it is primarily descriptive. Any broader ethical or devotional lesson would depend on the surrounding narrative context of Adhyaya 74.