Shloka 82

Rāma’s Inquiry into the Hidden Identity of the Radiant Stranger

Dialogue Frame

Devanagari script

प्रहारैरशनिप्रख्यैर्निघ्नन्दैत्यान्सहस्रशः / चचार समरे रामः क्रुद्धः काल इवापरः

Transliteration

prahārairaśaniprakhyairnighnandaityānsahasraśaḥ / cacāra samare rāmaḥ kruddhaḥ kāla ivāparaḥ

Translation

بجلی جیسے واروں سے ہزاروں دَیتّیوں کو مارتا ہوا، غضبناک رام میدانِ جنگ میں یوں گھوما گویا دوسرا کال (موت) ہو۔

Word by Word

• prahāraiḥ: with blows/strikes
• prahāraiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• aśani-prakhyaiḥ: resembling thunderbolts
• aśani-prakhyaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśani (प्रातिपदिक) + prakhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); agrees with prahāraiḥ

• nighnan: killing/striking down
• nighnan: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Parasmaipada sense, Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with rāmaḥ

• daityān: daityas
• daityān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sahasraśaḥ: by the thousands
• sahasraśaḥ: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasraśas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb of manner/number (परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• cacāra: moved/roamed
• cacāra: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ (लिट्, perfect), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• samare: in battle
• samare: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• rāmaḥ: Rama
• rāmaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• kruddhaḥ: furious
• kruddhaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kruddha (कृदन्त; √krudh, क्रुध्)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• kālaḥ: Time/Death
• kālaḥ: Upamāna (उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• iva: like
• iva: Upamā-dyotaka (उपमाद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), simile particle (उपमावाचक निपात)

• aparaḥ: another (as if)
• aparaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with rāmaḥ; 'another/second'