Shloka 13
Śānti-parva Adhyāya 3: Karṇa’s training under Rāma Jāmadagnya and the Bhārgava restriction on the Brahmāstra
Devanagari script
अष्टपाद॑ं तीक्ष्णदंष्टं सूचीभिरिव संवृतम् । रोमभि: संनिरुद्धाड्रमलर्क नाम नामतः
Transliteration
aṣṭapādaṁ tīkṣṇadaṁṣṭraṁ sūcībhir iva saṁvṛtam | romabhiḥ saṁniruddhāḍhyaṁ malarka nāma nāmataḥ ||
Translation
Sinabi ni Nārada: “May isa na tinatawag na Malarka—may walong paa, matutulis ang pangil, na para bang nababalutan ng mga karayom, at siksik na napapaligiran ng mga balahibong nakatindig.”
Word by Word
अष्टपादम्eight-footed
अष्टपादम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टपाद
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तीक्ष्णदंष्टम्sharp-fanged
तीक्ष्णदंष्टम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootतीक्ष्णदंष्ट
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सूचीभिःwith needles/spines
सूचीभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसूची
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Plural
इवas if/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
संवृतम्covered/enclosed
संवृतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-√वृ (वृणोति/वृ)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
रोमभिःwith hairs
रोमभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरोमन्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
संनिरुद्धम्blocked/hemmed in
संनिरुद्धम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-नि-√रुध्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आद्रम्wet/moist
आद्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootआद्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अलर्कनामa kind of (disease/affliction) called alarka (rabies-like)
अलर्कनाम:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअलर्कनामन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
नामname
नाम:
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
नामतःby name/nominally
नामतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनामतः
Speaker
नारद उवाच
Characters & Entities
N
NāradaM
MalarkaVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes