Shloka 27
Devanagari script
अलम्बुषो5पि विक्षिप्य समुत्क्षिप्प च राक्षसम् घटोत्कचं रणे रोषान्निष्पिपेष च भूतले,अलम्बुषने भी झटका देकर रणभूमिमें राक्षस घटोत्कवचको उठाकर पटक दिया और रोषपूर्वक वह उसे पृथ्वीपर रगड़ने लगा
Transliteration
alambuṣo 'pi vikṣipya samutkṣipya ca rākṣasam ghaṭotkacaṃ raṇe roṣān niṣpipeṣa ca bhūtale |
Translation
अलम्बुषोऽपि विक्षिप्य समुत्क्षिप्य च राक्षसम् । घटोत्कचं रणे रोषान्निष्पिपेष च भूतले ॥
Word by Word
अलम्बुषःAlambuṣa (the rakṣasa)
अलम्बुषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअलम्बुष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
विक्षिप्यhaving jerked/thrown aside
विक्षिप्य:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-क्षिप्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)
समुत्क्षिप्यhaving lifted up
समुत्क्षिप्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-उत्-क्षिप्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
राक्षसम्the demon (rakṣasa)
राक्षसम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootराक्षस
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
घटोत्कचम्Ghaṭotkaca
घटोत्कचम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootघटोत्कच
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
रणेin battle
रणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरण
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
रोषात्from anger / out of rage
रोषात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootरोष
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
निष्पिपेषcrushed/pounded
निष्पिपेष:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-ष्-पिष्
Formलिट् (Perfect), Perfect (completed past action), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
भूतलेon the ground
भूतले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूतल
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaA
AlambuṣaG
GhaṭotkacaR
raṇa (battlefield)B
bhūtala (earth/ground)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how anger (roṣa) in warfare can escalate action into brutal excess; it implicitly contrasts unrestrained wrath with the ideal of self-control and measured conduct even amid conflict.
During the battle, Alambuṣa attacks Ghaṭotkaca, hurls and lifts him, and then crushes/grinds him against the ground, as Sañjaya reports the ferocity of their combat.