Shloka 26

Traigarta Attempt to Seize the Aśvamedha Horse; Arjuna’s Restraint and Tactical Victory

Devanagari script

आर्याश्न पृथिवीपाला: प्रहृष्टनरवाहना: । समीयु: पाण्डुपुत्रेण बहवो युद्धदुर्मदा:

Transliteration

āryāś ca pṛthivīpālāḥ prahṛṣṭa-nara-vāhanāḥ | samīyuḥ pāṇḍu-putreṇa bahavo yuddha-durmadāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Viele edle Herrscher der Erde—hochgemut mit ihren Männern und Reittieren—kamen beim Sohn Pāṇḍus zusammen, stolz und vom Kriegsrausch berauscht.“

Word by Word

• आर्याः: noble, honorable
• आर्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पृथिवीपालाः: kings (protectors of the earth)
• पृथिवीपालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवीपाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रहृष्टनरवाहनाः: whose men/warriors and mounts were delighted (exultant with their retinues/vehicles)
• प्रहृष्टनरवाहनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्ट-नर-वाहन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समीयुः: came together, assembled
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-इ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डुपुत्रेण: with/by the son of Pāṇḍu
• पाण्डुपुत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• युद्धदुर्मदाः: arrogant/maddened in battle
• युद्धदुर्मदाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युद्ध-दुर्मद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍuputra (a Pāṇḍava; contextually Yudhiṣṭhira)
• pṛthivīpālāḥ (kings/rulers)