Shloka 137

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

Devanagari script

सपुत्रदारा: सक्रूरा: सुदुर्दर्शा: सुनिर्घणा: । विविधानि च रूपाणि तत्रादृश्यन्त रक्षसाम्‌

Transliteration

saputradārāḥ sakrūrāḥ sudurdarśāḥ sunirghaṇāḥ | vividhāni ca rūpāṇi tatrādṛśyanta rakṣasām ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Di sana kelihatan pelbagai jenis rākṣasa—ada yang bersama anak dan isteri—kejam, ngeri dipandang, dan sama sekali tidak berbelas kasihan. Bermacam-macam rupa mereka terserlah di tempat itu.

Word by Word

• सपुत्रदारा: having sons and wives
• सपुत्रदारा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सपुत्रदार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सक्रूरा: very cruel
• सक्रूरा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सक्रूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुदुर्दर्शा: hard to look at; dreadful to behold
• सुदुर्दर्शा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदुर्दर्श
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सुनिर्घणा: very merciless
• सुनिर्घणा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुनिर्घण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विविधानि: various
• विविधानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• रूपाणि: forms; appearances
• रूपाणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अदृश्यन्त: were seen; appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada (passive sense)

• रक्षसाम्: of the rakshasas (demons)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• रक्षसः (rākṣasas)