Shloka 8

Aśvamedha-dīkṣā, Vyāsa’s horse-release, and Arjuna’s departure with Gāṇḍīva (आश्वमेधिक-दीक्षा तथा हय-उत्सर्गः)

Devanagari script

सम्भाराश्रैव राजेन्द्र सर्वे संकल्पिता5भवन्‌ | स सम्भारान्‌ समाहृत्य नृपो धर्मसुतस्तदा

Transliteration

sambhārāś caiva rājendra sarve saṅkalpitābhavan | sa sambhārān samāhṛtya nṛpo dharmasutas tadā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „O Bester der Könige, alle erforderlichen Vorbereitungen waren ordnungsgemäß beschlossen und eingerichtet. Da sammelte jener König, der Sohn des Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira), die nötigen Materialien und schritt dem Ritus gemäß voran.“

Word by Word

• सम्भाराः: preparations, supplies
• सम्भाराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• संकल्पिताः: arranged, made ready
• संकल्पिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संकल्पित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभवन्: were, became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्भारान्: preparations, supplies
• सम्भारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्भार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समाहृत्य: having collected, having brought together
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-हृ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• नृपः: the king
• नृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मसुतः: son of Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मसुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मसुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmasuta)
• sambhārāḥ (ritual/ceremonial requisites)