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Chapter 8.9 - Verse 21

Sanskrit Text

तच्छिरो न्यपतद्भूमौ कुण्डलोत्पीडितं महत् शम्बरस्य शिरो यद्वन्निहतस्य महारणे शोषयन्केकयान्सर्वाञ्जगामाशु वसुंधराम्

English Translation

O monarch, that mighty head, adorned with ear-rings, fell like the head of Shambara, slain in that dreadful battle (of old). This, having fallen upon the earth most rapidly, greatly aggrieved all the Kaikayas.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

तद् + शिरस् | न्यपतद् | भूमौ | कुण्डल + उत्पीडय् | महत्
शम्बरस्य | शिरो | यद्वन् | निहतस्य | महत् + रण
शोषयन् | केकयान् | सर्वाञ् | गम् + आशु | वसुंधराम्