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स्थित्वा मुहूर्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य निर्भयेनान्तरात्मना । तृणीकृत्य च तद्रक्षः सोऽब्रवीत्परुषं वचः ।।6.40.9।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
sthitvā muhūrtaṃ samprekṣya nirbhayenāntarātmanāस्थित्वा मुहूर्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य निर्भयेनान्तरात्मनाhaving stood a moment and looked, with a fearless inner spiritgerund + accusative of time + gerund + instrumental adjective + instrumental compound
tṛṇīkṛtya ca tadrakṣaḥ so'bravītparuṣaṃ vacaḥतृणीकृत्य च तद्रक्षः सोऽब्रवीत्परुषं वचःand counting that rākṣasa as a straw, he spoke harsh wordsgerund + conjunction + accusative pronoun + accusative + nominative pronoun + verb + accusative adjective + accusative

Reference: 6.40.9 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa