Shloka 70

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

Devanagari script

एकैव सा तार्क्ष्यरथा पञ्चभिः पृतनेश्वरी / लघुहस्ततया युद्धे चक्रे वै शस्त्रवर्षिणी

Transliteration

ekaiva sā tārkṣyarathā pañcabhiḥ pṛtaneśvarī / laghuhastatayā yuddhe cakre vai śastravarṣiṇī

Translation

她独自一人，乃军阵之主，乘塔尔克夏之战车；于战斗中以手疾如风，令兵刃如雨倾洒。

Word by Word

• ekā: alone, single
• ekā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā vibhakti (Nom. 1), Ekavacana (sg.); विशेषण (adjectival)

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha/Avadhāraṇa (सम्बन्ध/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle), emphasis

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana; sarvanāma (pronoun)

• tārkṣya-rathā: (she) whose chariot is Garuḍa / Garuḍa-charioted
• tārkṣya-rathā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tārkṣya + ratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (genitive determinative): ‘tārkṣyasya rathaḥ’ → ‘tārkṣyarathaḥ’ (as epithet)

• pañcabhiḥ: with five
• pañcabhiḥ: Sahakāraka/Instrument (करण/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga/napuṃsaka (m./n. as numeral), Tṛtīyā vibhakti (Instr. 3), Bahuvacana (pl.); saṅkhyā-viśeṣaṇa (numeral adjective)

• pṛtana-īśvarī: mistress/leader of the army
• pṛtana-īśvarī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛtanā + īśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa: ‘pṛtanāyāḥ īśvarī’

• laghu-hastatayā: by quick-handedness, with swift hands
• laghu-hastatayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laghu + hasta + -tā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Tṛtīyā (Instr. 3), Ekavacana; bhāva-vācaka (abstract noun) ‘-tā’; tatpuruṣa/karmadhāraya sense: ‘laghuḥ hastaḥ’ → ‘laghuhasta-’

• yuddhe: in battle
• yuddhe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (n.), Saptamī vibhakti (Loc. 7), Ekavacana

• cakre: she did/made
• cakre: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ-lakāra (Imperfect/past), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha/Avadhāraṇa (सम्बन्ध/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: Nipāta (particle), emphasis/assurance

• śastra-varṣiṇī: weapon-showering (woman)
• śastra-varṣiṇī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śastra + varṣiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Prathamā (Nom. 1), Ekavacana; upapada-tatpuruṣa: ‘śastrāṇi varṣati’ (weapon-raining)