Shloka 13

Śamī-vṛkṣe śastra-nidhāna and Entry into Virāṭa’s Capital (शमीवृक्षे शस्त्रनिधानम्)

Devanagari script

अजुन उवाच इयं कूटे मनुष्येन्द्र गहना महती शमी । भीमशाखा दुरारोहा श्मशानस्य समीपतः

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca iyaṁ kūṭe manuṣyendra gahanā mahatī śamī | bhīmaśākhā durārohā śmaśānasya samīpataḥ ||

Translation

অর্জুন বললেন—হে নরেন্দ্র! এই ঢিবির উপর এক মহৎ শমী বৃক্ষ দাঁড়িয়ে আছে—অত্যন্ত ঘন ও দুর্ভেদ্য; এর শাখা ভীমের মতো প্রবল, আরোহন দুষ্কর; এবং এটি শ্মশানের নিকটে অবস্থিত।

Word by Word

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कूटे: on the summit/peak
• कूटे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूट
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मनुष्येन्द्र: O king of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्येन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गहना: dense, hard to penetrate
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गहन
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महती: great, large
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शमी: śamī tree
• Type: Noun
• Root: शमी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भीमशाखा: having formidable branches
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमशाखा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• दुरारोहा: difficult to climb
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुरारोह
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• श्मशानस्य: of the cremation-ground
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्मशान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• समीपतः: near, in the vicinity
• समीपतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समीप

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• śamī tree
• cremation ground (śmaśāna)
• mound/raised spot (kūṭa)