Shloka 58
Indra’s Query on Karma-vipāka and the Viśvarūpa Episode
Lalitopākhyāna Context
Devanagari script
बलवन्तो ऽपि ते दैत्यास्तन्मुखोच्छ्वासपावकैः / निर्दग्धवपुषः सर्वे निस्तेजस्कास्तदाभवन्
Transliteration
balavanto 'pi te daityāstanmukhocchvāsapāvakaiḥ / nirdagdhavapuṣaḥ sarve nistejaskāstadābhavan
Translation
แม้เหล่าไทตยะจะมีกำลังมาก แต่ไฟจากลมหายใจที่พุ่งออกจากปากของเขาได้เผากายของพวกเขาทั้งหมด จนในกาลนั้นพวกเขากลายเป็นผู้ไร้รัศมี
Word by Word
balavantaḥstrong
balavantaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbalavat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; qualifies daityāḥ
apieven/though
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, particle (concessive)
tethose
te:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; with daityāḥ)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
daityāḥDaityas
daityāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
tat-mukha-ucchvāsa-pāvakaiḥby the fire-like breaths from its mouth
tat-mukha-ucchvāsa-pāvakaiḥ:
Karana (करण/Means)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक) + ucchvāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + pāvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; तत्पुरुष: tasya mukhasya ucchvāsāḥ pāvakā iva (fire-like breaths from its mouth)
nirdagdha-vapuṣaḥwith bodies burnt
nirdagdha-vapuṣaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnir-√dah (धातु) + kta (कृत्) + vapuṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; बहुव्रीहि: nirdagdhaṃ vapuḥ yeṣām (whose bodies were burnt)
sarveall
sarve:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; qualifies daityāḥ
niḥ-tejaskaḥwithout luster/energy
niḥ-tejaskaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootniḥ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक) + ka (तद्धित)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; बहुव्रीहि: tejo nāsti yeṣām (devoid of radiance)
tadāthen
tadā:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adverb of time
abhavanbecame/were
abhavan:
Kriyā (क्रिया/finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural; parasmaipada