दुर्गा-सप्तशती durgā-saptaśatī - chapter-8, verse-54

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भक्षयन्ती चर रणे तदुत्पन्नान् महासुरान् ।
एवमेष क्षयं दैत्यः क्षीणरक्तो गमिष्यति ।
भक्ष्यमाणास्त्वया चोग्रा न चोत्पत्स्यन्ति चापरे ॥५४॥

54. bhakṣayantī cara raṇe tadutpannān mahāsurān .
evameṣa kṣayaṃ daityaḥ kṣīṇarakto gamiṣyati .
bhakṣyamāṇāstvayā cogrā na cotpatsyanti cāpare.

54. bhakṣayantī cara raṇe tat utpannān
mahāsurān evam eṣa kṣayam daityaḥ
kṣīṇaraktaḥ gamiṣyati bhakṣyamāṇāḥ tvayā
ca ugrāḥ na ca utpattsyanti ca apare

54. You should roam in battle, devouring the great asuras born from him. In this way, this demon, with his blood diminished, will meet his end. And those fierce and terrible beings, being devoured by you, will also not be born again.

Words meanings summery:

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भक्षयन्ती (bhakṣayantī) - devouring, eating

चर (cara) - roam, move, wander

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in combat

तत् (tat) - from that (blood) (that, by that)

उत्पन्नान् (utpannān) - born from him (the demon Raktabīja) (born, produced, arisen)

महासुरान् (mahāsurān) - great demons

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

एष (eṣa) - this

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, end, loss

दैत्यः (daityaḥ) - (Raktābīja) (demon, son of Diti)

क्षीणरक्तः (kṣīṇaraktaḥ) - having diminished blood, whose blood is depleted

गमिष्यति (gamiṣyati) - will meet his end, will be destroyed (will go, will attain, will reach)

भक्ष्यमाणाः (bhakṣyamāṇāḥ) - being devoured, being eaten

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

च (ca) - and, also

उग्राः (ugrāḥ) - (the fierce demons born from Raktabīja's blood) (fierce, terrible, mighty)

न (na) - not, no

च (ca) - and, also

उत्पत्त्स्यन्ति (utpattsyanti) - will be born, will arise

च (ca) - and, also

अपरे (apare) - other (demons) (others)

Words meanings and morphology

भक्षयन्ती (bhakṣayantī) - devouring, eating

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of bhakṣayat

bhakṣayat - devouring, eating

Present Active Participle

Derived from root bhakṣ (to eat) + śatṛ suffix. Feminine nominative singular.

Root: bhakṣ (class 1)

चर (cara) - roam, move, wander

(verb)

2nd person , singular, active, imperative (loṭ) of car

imperative

2nd person singular imperative.

Root: car (class 1)

रणे (raṇe) - in battle, in combat

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of raṇa

raṇa - battle, combat, war

Root: raṇ (class 1)

तत् (tat) - from that (blood) (that, by that)

(pronoun)

neuter, singular of tad

tad - that, this

Neuter pronominal base used as the first part of a compound.

Note: Part of compound 'tadutpannān'.

उत्पन्नान् (utpannān) - born from him (the demon Raktabīja) (born, produced, arisen)

(adjective)

Accusative, masculine, plural of utpanna

utpanna - born, produced, arisen

Past Passive Participle

From root pad (to go) with upasarga ut. Formed with kta suffix. Masculine accusative plural.

Prefix: ut

Root: pad (class 4)

Note: Adjective modifying 'mahāsurān'.

महासुरान् (mahāsurān) - great demons

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of mahāsurā

mahāsurā - great demon

Compound of mahā (great) and asura (demon). Masculine accusative plural.

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+asura)

mahā – great, large, mighty
adjective
asura – demon, anti-god
noun (masculine)

एवम् (evam) - thus, in this manner, so

(indeclinable)

एष (eṣa) - this

(pronoun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of etad

etad - this

Demonstrative pronoun, masculine nominative singular.

Note: Refers to 'daityaḥ'.

क्षयम् (kṣayam) - destruction, end, loss

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of kṣaya

kṣaya - destruction, end, decline, loss

From root kṣi (to destroy, diminish). Masculine accusative singular.

Root: kṣi (class 5)

Note: Object of 'gamiṣyati'.

दैत्यः (daityaḥ) - (Raktābīja) (demon, son of Diti)

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of daitya

daitya - a demon, son of Diti

Patronymic from Diti. Masculine nominative singular.

Note: Subject of 'gamiṣyati'.

क्षीणरक्तः (kṣīṇaraktaḥ) - having diminished blood, whose blood is depleted

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣīṇarakta

kṣīṇarakta - having diminished blood, depleted of blood

Bahuvrīhi compound, literally "whose blood is diminished". Masculine nominative singular.

Compound type : bahuvrīhi (kṣīṇa+rakta)

kṣīṇa – diminished, exhausted, wasted
adjective
Past Passive Participle
From root kṣi (to destroy, diminish) + kta suffix.
Root: kṣi (class 5)
rakta – blood, red
noun (neuter)
Root: rañj (class 1)

Note: Adjective modifying 'daityaḥ'.

गमिष्यति (gamiṣyati) - will meet his end, will be destroyed (will go, will attain, will reach)

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, future (lyṛṭ) of gam

future tense

3rd person singular future tense (lyṛṭ lakāra).

Root: gam (class 1)

भक्ष्यमाणाः (bhakṣyamāṇāḥ) - being devoured, being eaten

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of bhakṣyamāṇa

bhakṣyamāṇa - being eaten, being devoured

Present Passive Participle