Shloka 16

आदि पर्व — जातुगृह-प्रसङ्गः: विदुरप्रेषित-खनकस्य सूचना तथा पलायन-मार्ग-निर्माणम्

Adi Parva 135: The Miner’s Warning and Construction of the Escape Passage

Devanagari script

विदुर उवाच एष पार्थो महाराज फाल्गुन: पाण्डुनन्दन: । अवतीर्ण: सकवचस्तत्रैष सुमहास्वन:,विदुरने कहा--महाराज! ये पाण्डुनन्दन अर्जुन कवच बाँधकर रंगभूमिमें उतरे हैं। इसी कारण यह भारी आवाज हो रही है

Transliteration

vidura uvāca | eṣa pārtho mahārāja phālgunaḥ pāṇḍunandanaḥ | avatīrṇaḥ sa-kavacaḥ tatra eṣa su-mahā-svanaḥ ||

Translation

Vidura said: “O great king, this is Pārtha—Phālguna, the beloved son of Pāṇḍu—who has descended into the arena wearing his armour. It is from him that this mighty, resounding noise is arising.”

Word by Word

• विदुरः: Vidura
• विदुरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थः: son of Pṛthā (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• फाल्गुनः: Phālguna (Arjuna)
• फाल्गुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डुनन्दनः: son of Pāṇḍu
• पाण्डुनन्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अवतीर्णः: descended/entered (has come down)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-तॄ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• सकवचः: with armor
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकवच
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• एषः: this (sound/one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुमहास्वनः: very great sound/noise
• सुमहास्वनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमहास्वन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Mahārāja (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Phālguna (Arjuna)
• Pāṇḍu
• kavaca (armour)
• raṅgabhūmi (arena, implied by context)