Canonical Ref: MBh 12.3.14
Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
अष्टपादं तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रं सूचीभिरिव संवृतम् । रोमभिः संनिरुद्धाङ्गमलर्कं नाम नामतः ॥
English Scholarly Translation
It had eight feet and very sharp teeth, and was covered with bristles pointed like needles. Its name was 'Alarka, its limbs were then shrunk [with fear].
Linguistic & Morphemic Analysis (Padaccheda)
Grammatical Parsing
अष्टपादं
Lemma: अष्टन्
POS: adj
अष्टपादं
Lemma: पाद
POS: m
तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रं
Lemma: तीक्ष्ण
POS: adj
तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रं
Lemma: दंष्ट्र
POS: mfn
सूचीभिर्
Lemma: सूचि
POS: f
इव
Lemma: इव
POS: ind
संवृतम्
Lemma: संवृ
POS: 9. P.
रोमभिः
Lemma: रोमन्
POS: n
संनिरुद्धाङ्गम्
Lemma: संनिरुध्
POS: 7. Ā.
संनिरुद्धाङ्गम्
Lemma: अङ्ग
POS: n
अलर्कं
Lemma: अलर्क
POS: m
नाम
Lemma: नाम
POS: ind
नामतः
Lemma: नामन्
POS: n
Canonical CTS URN Reference
Mahābhārata, MBh 12.3.14. Poorvam Open Research Engine (PORE) Corpus.