Shloka 9

दुर्मद-कुरण्ड-वधः (The Slaying of Durmada and Kuraṇḍa) — Lalitopākhyāna Battle Continuation

Devanagari script

शतमक्षौहिणीनां च प्राचलत्केतुमालकम् / उत्तरङ्गतुरङ्गादि बभौ मत्तमतङ्गजम्

Transliteration

śatamakṣauhiṇīnāṃ ca prācalatketumālakam / uttaraṅgaturaṅgādi babhau mattamataṅgajam

Translation

Cờ xí của một trăm akṣauhiṇī rập rờn chuyển động như sóng; và con voi say cuồng hiện ra, như thể phía bắc dâng lên những lớp sóng ngựa chiến cùng các đạo binh khác.

Word by Word

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Viśeṣaṇa (संख्याविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1)/Accusative (2), Singular; numeral

• akṣauhiṇīnām: of akṣauhiṇīs (army divisions)
• akṣauhiṇīnām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣauhiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6), Plural

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चय-निपात)

• prācalat-ketumālakam: the shaking banner-ornament
• prācalat-ketumālakam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pra + cal (धातु) → prācalat (कृदन्त) + ketumālaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1)/Accusative (2), Singular; Karmadhāraya: prācalat ketumālakam = the banner/flag-ornament moving/shaking

• uttaraṅga-turaṅga-ādi: horses and the like (surging/upraised)
• uttaraṅga-turaṅga-ādi: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण/समूह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uttaraṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + turaṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative (1)/Accusative (2), Singular (collective); Tatpuruṣa: uttaraṅgāḥ turaṅgādayaḥ = horses etc. with raised/upraised limbs/waves (contextual epithet)

• babhau: shone/appeared
• babhau: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhā (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• matta-mataṅgajam: an intoxicated elephant
• matta-mataṅgajam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: matta (प्रातिपदिक) + mataṅgaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2), Singular; Karmadhāraya: mattaḥ mataṅgajaḥ = an intoxicated elephant