Shloka 12

Adhyaya 86 — Dhumralocana’s Mission and His Ashing by the Goddess; Shumbha Sends Chanda and Munda

Sanskrit

कांश्चित् करप्रहारेण दैत्यानास्येन चापरान् ।

आक्रम्य चाधरेणान्यान् स जग्हान महासुरान् ॥

Transliteration

kāṃścit karaprahāreṇa daityān āsyena cāparān /

ākramya cādhareṇānyān sa jaghāna mahāsurān

Translation

บางพวกไทตยะเขาโค่นด้วยตะปบของอุ้งเท้า บางพวกด้วยปาก และอีกพวกหนึ่งถูกฆ่าด้วยการเหยียบย่ำและกัดด้วยขากรรไกรล่าง

Word by Word

• कान्: some (whom)
• कान्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• चित्: some
• चित्: विशेषण-निबन्धन (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनिश्चितार्थक-प्रत्ययवत् (enclitic particle indicating indefiniteness)

• करप्रहारेण: by a blow of the paw/hand
• करप्रहारेण: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः ‘करेण प्रहारः/करस्य प्रहारः’; पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• दैत्यान्: demons (Daityas)
• दैत्यान्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• आस्येन: with (his) mouth
• आस्येन: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अपरान्: others
• अपरान्: कर्मविशेषण (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन; (दैत्यान् इति) विशेषणम्

• आक्रम्य: having attacked
• आक्रम्य: पूर्वकालक्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• अधरेण: with (his) lower jaw/lip
• अधरेण: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• अन्यान्: others
• अन्यान्: कर्मविशेषण (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘महासुरान्’/‘(दैत्यान्)’ इत्यर्थे कर्मविशेषणम्

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जघान: slew
• जघान: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• महासुरान्: great demons
• महासुरान्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् + असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास ‘महान्तः असुराः’; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speakers

• Ṛṣi narrator

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "raudra", "secondaryRasa": "vira", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Devī (Ambikā)
• Siṃha (Devī’s mount)

Shakti Aspects

• Ambikā’s siṃha as extension of her martial śakti

Key Themes

• Shaktism
• Battle imagery
• Overpowering adharma

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Adharma appears in many forms; dharmic power meets it with appropriate means. The multiplicity of methods underscores completeness of protection.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Narrative (ākhyāna) serving devotional instruction; not a direct pancalakṣaṇa enumerative passage.

What is the esoteric significance?

Paws, mouth, trampling, and biting can symbolize successive layers of purification—thought, speech, action, and instinct—subduing the corresponding ‘asuric’ impulses.