Shloka 41

ब्राह्मणपूजा-राजधर्मः | Royal Duty of Honoring Learned Brahmins

Devanagari script

शस्त्रैश्न विविधाकारै रथौचैश्व युधिष्ठिर । अभ्यवर्षन्त राजानं हिमवन्तमिवाम्बुदा:

Transliteration

śastraiś ca vividhākāraiḥ rathaughaiś ca yudhiṣṭhira | abhyavarṣanta rājānaṃ himavantam ivāmbudāḥ ||

Translation

হে যুধিষ্ঠির! যেমন মেঘ হিমবানের উপর জল বর্ষণ করে, তেমনি তারা নানা প্রকার অস্ত্র ও রথসমূহ নিয়ে রাজার উপর বাণবর্ষণ করল।

Word by Word

• शस्त्रैः: with weapons
• शस्त्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विविधाकारैः: of various forms
• विविधाकारैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविधाकार
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• रथौघैः: with masses of chariots
• रथौघैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथौघ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अभ्यवर्षन्: they rained down (upon)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• राजानम्: the king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हिमवन्तम्: Himavān (the Himalaya)
• हिमवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अम्बुदाः: clouds
• अम्बुदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बुद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• the king (rājānam)
• Himavān (Himalaya)
• ambudāḥ (clouds)
• śastra (weapons)
• ratha (chariots)