Shloka 47

Adhyāya 86: Irāvān’s Lineage, Cavalry Clash, and the Māyā-Duel Ending in Irāvān’s Fall

Devanagari script

प्रेषयामास समरे यमस्य सदन प्रति । हताश्चात्‌ तु रथात्‌ तूर्णमवप्लुत्य महारथ:

Transliteration

preṣayāmāsa samare yamasya sadana prati | hatāś cāt tu rathāt tūrṇam avaplutya mahārathaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: In jener Schlacht sandte er seine Feinde zur Wohnstatt Yamas. Und dann, nach dem Töten, sprang der große Wagenkämpfer rasch von seinem Wagen herab.

Word by Word

• प्रेषयामास: sent, dispatched
• प्रेषयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रेषय् (प्र-इष्/इष् caus.)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), परिपूर्णभूत (perfect), 3, singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• यमस्य: of Yama
• यमस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• सदन: abode, house
• सदन: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• हतः: slain, struck down
• हतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (क्त)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• रथात्: from the chariot
• रथात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण

• अवप्लुत्य: having leapt down
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-प्लु (ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (ल्यप्), active (parasmaipada sense)

• महारथः: the great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yama
• Yama’s abode (Yamasadana)
• chariot (ratha)
• mahāratha (great chariot-warrior)