Shloka 72.3Unverified draft

तच्छरीरं कबन्धस्य घृतपिण्डोपमं महत् । मेदसा पच्यमानस्य मन्दं दहति पावकः ।।3.72.3।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
taccharīraṃ kabandhasya ghṛtapiṇḍopamaṃ mahatतच्छरीरं कबन्धस्य घृतपिण्डोपमं महत्that huge body of Kabandha, like a lump of gheeaccusative pronoun + accusative object + genitive + accusative compound adjective + accusative adjective
medasā pacyamānasya mandaṃ dahati pāvakaḥमेदसा पच्यमानस्य मन्दं दहति पावकःthe fire burned slowly, as he was cooked in his own fatinstrumental + genitive passive participle + adverb + verb + nominative subject

Reference: 3.72.3 · Araṇya Kāṇḍa