Shloka 23

Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival

Devanagari script

बिल्वप्रहारैस्तस्याथ व्यशीर्यद्‌ बन्धनं ततः

Transliteration

bilvaprahāraistasyātha vyaśīryad bandhanaṃ tataḥ

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Dann wurde durch die wiederholten Schläge der Bilva-Früchte die Fesselung zerrissen.“

Word by Word

• बिल्वप्रहारैः: with blows of bilva-wood (bilva strikes)
• बिल्वप्रहारैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिल्व-प्रहार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तस्य: of him / his
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• व्यशीर्यत्: was torn apart / broke apart
• Type: Verb
• Root: शीॄ (शीर्ण/शीर्यते)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada, Atmanepada

• बन्धनम्: the binding / bond / fastening
• बन्धनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: thereupon / from that (time/place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• bilva (object/tree)
• bandhana (bondage/fetter)