Shloka 2
Gāndharva-lakṣaṇa
Traits/Classification of the Gandharvas) and Royal-Genealogical Continuities (Vamśa-prasaṅga
Devanagari script
तद्वै भ्रातृशतं तस्य धार्मिकस्य महात्मनः / निबध्यमानं नाराचैर्विदिशः प्राद्रवद्भयात्
Transliteration
tadvai bhrātṛśataṃ tasya dhārmikasya mahātmanaḥ / nibadhyamānaṃ nārācairvidiśaḥ prādravadbhayāt
Translation
وكان لذلك المحسن العظيم مئةُ أخٍ؛ إذ كانوا يُصابون بسهام «ناراجا»، فرّوا من الخوف نحو «وديشا».
Word by Word
tatthen/that
tat:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; deictic ‘that’ (here adverbial ‘then/that’)
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle (वै)
bhrātṛ-śatamthe hundred brothers
bhrātṛ-śatam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhrātṛ + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; ‘a hundred brothers’ as a collective
tasyaof him/of that one
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th), Singular
dhārmikasyarighteous
dhārmikasya:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdhārmika (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th), Singular; qualifies mahātmanaḥ
mahātmanaḥof the great-souled one
mahātmanaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootmahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th), Singular
nibadhyamānambeing bound/being attacked
nibadhyamānam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootni + √bandh (धातु)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st), Singular; present passive participle (शानच्/मान) ‘being bound/being struck down’; agrees with bhrātṛśatam
nārācaiḥwith iron arrows
nārācaiḥ:
Karaṇa (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootnārāca (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural
vidiśaḥfrom Vidiśā
vidiśaḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootvidiś (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; place-name
prādravatfled/ran away
prādravat:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpra + √dru (धातु)
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, Singular
bhayātout of fear
bhayāt:
Hetu (हेतु/कारण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Ablative (5th), Singular; cause