Shloka 38

इन्द्रस्य दुःखप्राप्तिः—त्रिशिरोवधः, वृत्रोत्पत्तिः, जृम्भिकाजननम्

Indra’s Distress: Slaying of Triśiras, Birth of Vṛtra, and the Origin of Yawning

Devanagari script

शल्य उवाच एतच्छुत्वा तु तक्षा स महेन्द्रवचनात्‌ तदा । शिरांस्यथ त्रिशिरस: कुठारेणाच्छिनत्‌ तदा,शल्य कहते हैं--राजन्‌! यह सुनकर बढ़ईने उस समय महेन्द्रकी आज्ञाके अनुसार कुठारसे त्रिशिराके तीनों सिरोंके टुकड़े-टुकड़े कर दिये

Transliteration

śalya uvāca: etac chrutvā tu takṣā sa mahendravacanāt tadā | śirāṁsy atha triśirasaḥ kuṭhāreṇācchinat tadā ||

Translation

Śalya said: “O King, having heard this, the carpenter then, in accordance with Mahendra’s command, struck with an axe and cut off the heads of Triśiras—splitting them apart.”

Word by Word

शल्यःShalya

उवाचsaid

एतत्this

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

तुbut/indeed

तक्षाthe carpenter

सःhe

महेन्द्र-वचनात्from/according to Mahendra's word (command)

तदाthen

शिरांसिheads

अथthen/thereupon

त्रिशिरसःof Trishiras (the three-headed one)

कुठारेणwith an axe

अच्छिनत्cut off

तदाthen

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śalya

Mahendra (Indra)

Takṣā (the carpenter)

Triśiras

Kuṭhāra (axe)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes