Shloka 38

त्रिपुरदाह-इतिहासः

Tripura-destruction exemplum and counsel to Śalya

Devanagari script

छिन्नमाज्ञाय निस्त्रिंशमवप्लुत्य पदानि षट्‌ । प्राविध्यत तत: शेषं सुतसोमो महारथ:,अपने उस खड्गको कटा हुआ जान महारथी सुतसोमने छ: पग ऊँचे उछलकर उसके शेष भागको ही शकुनिपर दे मारा

Transliteration

chinnam ājñāya nistriṁśam avaplutya padāni ṣaṭ | prāvidhyata tataḥ śeṣaṁ sutasomo mahārathaḥ ||

Translation

छिन्नमाज्ञाय निस्त्रिंशमवप्लुत्य पदानि षट्। प्राविध्यत ततः शेषं सुतसोमो महारथः।

Word by Word

• छिन्नम्: cut, severed
• छिन्नम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्न (√छिद्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आज्ञाय: having known/realized
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ज्ञा
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• निस्त्रिंशम्: sword
• निस्त्रिंशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निस्त्रिंश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अवप्लुत्य: having leapt up/sprung
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava + √प्लु
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• पदानि: steps
• पदानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• षट्: six
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• प्राविध्यत्: hurled, threw
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √व्यध्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• शेषम्: remaining part
• शेषम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शेष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सुतसोमः: Sutasoma
• सुतसोमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुतसोम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महारथः: great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sutasoma
• nistriṁśa (sword)
• Śakuni