Shloka 49

Bhaṇḍāsurāhaṅkāra

The Mustering of the Daitya Forces and the Roar of War

Devanagari script

तमुष्ट्रवाहनं दुष्टमन्वीयुः क्रुद्धचेतसः / दानावनश्वसत्सर्वान्भीताञ्छक्तियुयुत्सया

Transliteration

tamuṣṭravāhanaṃ duṣṭamanvīyuḥ kruddhacetasaḥ / dānāvanaśvasatsarvānbhītāñchaktiyuyutsayā

Translation

众人怒火满怀，追逐那乘骆驼的恶徒；诸达那婆咆哮威吓，使众生尽皆惊惧，只因他们渴望以“沙克提”神枪决战。

Word by Word

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana; sarvanāma

• uṣṭra-vāhanam: the camel-mounted one
• uṣṭra-vāhanam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक) + vāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa-samāsa (‘one whose vehicle is a camel’)

• duṣṭam: wicked
• duṣṭam: Karma (कर्म/Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; from √duṣ/√dviṣ? lexical ‘wicked’)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of uṣṭra-vāhanam

• anvīyuḥ: they pursued / followed
• anvīyuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-√i (धातु)
• Form: Liṭ/Laṅ? (Vedic/epic usage) here: Laṅ-lakāra sense (past) or Luṅ-like aorist; Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Bahuvacana; parasmaipada; from anu+√i ‘to follow’

• kruddha-cetasaḥ: angry-minded (men)
• kruddha-cetasaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kruddha (कृदन्त/PPP from √krudh) + cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; bahuvrīhi-samāsa (‘those whose minds are angry’), used as substantive

• dānava: Dānavas (demons)
• dānava: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana (understood as subject with kruddha-cetasaḥ; appositional)

• naśvasat: not breathing / breathless
• naśvasat: Karta (कर्ता/Subject-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: na-śvasat (कृदन्त; present participle)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; vartamāna-kṛdanta (Śatṛ) from √śvas ‘to breathe’, with negation na; qualifies dānavaḥ

• sarvān: all (of them)
• sarvān: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Bahuvacana

• bhītān: frightened
• bhītān: Karma (कर्म/Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhīta (कृदन्त/PPP from √bhī)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā, Bahuvacana; Kta (PPP) from √bhī ‘to fear’; qualifies sarvān

• śakti-yuyutsayā: with the desire to fight with spears
• śakti-yuyutsayā: Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण/Cause or means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक) + yuyutsā (प्रातिपदिक; desiderative noun from √yudh)
• Form: Strīliṅga (feminine), Tṛtīyā (Instrumental), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa-samāsa (‘desire to fight with spears’ / ‘spear-fight desire’)