Shloka 43
Bhārgava Rāma at Māhiṣmatī: Narmadā-stuti and the Challenge to Kārttavīryārjuna
Devanagari script
आकृष्य वाणाननलोग्रतेजसः समाकिरन्भार्गवमाससाद / दृष्ट्वा तमायान्तमथो महात्मा रामो गृहीत्वा धनुषं महोग्रम्
Transliteration
ākṛṣya vāṇānanalogratejasaḥ samākiranbhārgavamāsasāda / dṛṣṭvā tamāyāntamatho mahātmā rāmo gṛhītvā dhanuṣaṃ mahogram
Translation
شدَّ سهامًا ذاتَ لمعانٍ كالنار العاتية، فأمطر بها بهارغفا واقترب؛ فلما رآه العظيمُ راما مقبلًا أمسك قوسه الشديد الرهبة.
Word by Word
ākṛṣyahaving drawn
ākṛṣya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√kṛṣ (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
FormGerund (ल्यप्), indeclinable; ‘having drawn/pulled’
vāṇānarrows
vāṇān:
Karma (कर्म/Object of ‘ākṛṣya’)
TypeNoun
Rootvāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Plural (बहुवचन)
anala-ugra-tejasaḥof fierce, fire-like radiance
anala-ugra-tejasaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootanala (प्रातिपदिक) + ugra (प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (कर्मधारय-श्रृंखला) ‘of fierce fire-like brilliance’; Masculine/Neuter Genitive (6th), Singular; qualifying ‘vāṇān’
samākiranshowering/scattering
samākiran:
Karta (कर्ता; participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-ā-√kṛ (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘scattering/showering’ (agreeing with implied subject, likely rāmaḥ)
bhārgavamBhārgava (Paraśurāma)
bhārgavam:
Karma (कर्म/Object of ‘samākiran/āsasāda’)
TypeNoun
Rootbhārgava (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular
āsasādaapproached/attacked
āsasāda:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√sad (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person, Singular; Parasmaipada
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Hetu (हेतु)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormGerund (क्त्वान्त), indeclinable
tamhim
tam:
Karma (कर्म/Object of ‘dṛṣṭvā’)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular
āyāntamcoming/approaching
āyāntam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√yā (धातु) + śatṛ (शतृ)
FormPresent active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Accusative, Singular; qualifying ‘tam’
athathen
atha:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
FormDiscourse particle (अनन्तरार्थक/आरम्भक अव्यय)
uindeed
u:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootu (अव्यय)
FormParticle (निपात; emphasis)
mahātmāthe great-souled one
mahātmā:
Karta (कर्ता; apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya ‘great-souled’; Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; epithet of rāmaḥ
rāmaḥRama
rāmaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject of implied main action)
TypeNoun
Rootrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular
gṛhītvāhaving taken up
gṛhītvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgrah (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
FormGerund (क्त्वान्त), indeclinable; ‘having seized’
dhanuṣambow
dhanuṣam:
Karma (कर्म/Object of ‘gṛhītvā’)
TypeNoun
Rootdhanuṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular
mahā-ugramvery fierce
mahā-ugram:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + ugra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormKarmadhāraya ‘very fierce’; Neuter, Accusative, Singular; qualifying ‘dhanuṣam’