Shloka 68

अर्जुनागमनम्

Arjuna’s Arrival and Reunion on the Sacred Mountain

Devanagari script

ततः शक्ति महाघोरां रुक्मदण्डामयस्मयीम्‌ । तस्मिन्नेवान्तरे धीमान्‌ प्रजहाराथ राक्षस:,तदनन्तर बुद्धिमान्‌ राक्षसने उसी समय स्वर्णमय दण्डसे विभूषित एवं लोहेकी बनी हुई बड़ी भयानक शक्तिका प्रहार किया

Transliteration

tataḥ śaktiṃ mahāghorāṃ rukmadaṇḍām ayasmayīm | tasminn evāntare dhīmān prajahārātha rākṣasaḥ ||

Translation

ਫਿਰ ਉਸ ਚਤੁਰ ਰਾਖਸ਼ਸ ਨੇ ਓਸੇ ਪਲ ਸੋਨੇ ਨਾਲ ਸਜੀ ਡੰਡੀ ਵਾਲਾ, ਲੋਹੇ ਦਾ ਬਣਿਆ ਬਹੁਤ ਹੀ ਭਿਆਨਕ ‘ਸ਼ਕਤੀ’ ਅਸਤ੍ਰ ਸੁੱਟਿਆ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: avyaya

• शक्तिम्: a spear/javelin (śakti-weapon)
• शक्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• महाघोराम्: very terrible
• महाघोराम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाघोर
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• रुक्मदण्डाम्: having a golden staff/shaft
• रुक्मदण्डाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुक्मदण्ड
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• अयस्मयीम्: made of iron
• अयस्मयीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अयस्मय
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• तस्मिन्: in that (moment/place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, singular

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: avyaya

• अन्तरे: in the interval, at that very time
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• धीमान्: the intelligent one
• धीमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रजहार: struck, hurled
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हृ (हृ)
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ
• Form: avyaya

• राक्षसः: the rākṣasa (demon)
• राक्षसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rākṣasa
• śakti (weapon)
• rukmadaṇḍa (gold-adorned shaft)
• ayas (iron)