Shloka 67

Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel and the Discharge of the Śakti (शल्यवधप्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

मुहूर्तमिव तौ गत्वा नर्दमाने युधिष्ठिरे । स्मित्वा ततो मद्रपतिरन्यं स्यन्दनमास्थित:

Transliteration

muhūrtam iva tau gatvā nardamāne yudhiṣṭhire | smitvā tato madrapatir anyaṃ syandanam āsthitaḥ ||

Translation

সঞ্জয় বললেন—অল্পক্ষণ যুধিষ্ঠির সিংহের মতো গর্জন করতে করতে তাদের পিছু নিলেন। তারপর মদ্রপতি শল্য মৃদু হাসি হেসে অন্য এক রথে আরোহন করলেন।

Word by Word

• मुहूर्तम्: for a moment
• मुहूर्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• तौ: those two (them)
• तौ: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• नर्दमाने: while (he) was roaring
• नर्दमाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: नर्द्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Locative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरे: in/when (it was) Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• स्मित्वा: having smiled
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मि
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• मद्रपतिः: the lord of Madra (Śalya)
• मद्रपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्रपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स्यन्दनम्: chariot
• स्यन्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्यन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थितः: having mounted/taken position on
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: क्त (past passive participle, used actively), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Śalya (Madrapati, king of Madra)
• syandana (chariot)
• Madra (kingdom, implied by title)