Shloka 49

Devanagari script

तत उत्पाट्य पाणिभ्यां मन्दराच्छिखरं महत्‌ | सद्रुमं व्यसृजच्छक्रो जिघांसु: पाण्डुनन्दनम्‌

Transliteration

tata utpāṭya pāṇibhyāṃ mandarācchikharaṃ mahat | sadrumaṃ vyasṛjacchakro jighāṃsuḥ pāṇḍunandanam ||

Translation

Then Śakra (Indra), intent on killing Arjuna, Pāṇḍu’s son, tore up with both hands a great peak of Mount Mandara, complete with its trees, and hurled it at him.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• उत्पाट्य: having uprooted/torn out
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्+पट्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• पाणिभ्याम्: with (his) two hands
• पाणिभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• मन्दरात्: from (Mount) Mandara
• मन्दरात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• शिखरम्: peak/summit
• शिखरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great/huge
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सद्रुमम्: with trees (tree-bearing)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-द्रुम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्यसृजत्: threw/cast
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+सृज्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जिघांसुः: wishing to kill
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: उणादि/सन्-इच्छार्थक (desiderative-based agent noun), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डुनन्दनम्: Pāṇḍu's son (Arjuna)
• पाण्डुनन्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śakra (Indra)
• Arjuna (Pāṇḍunandana)
• Mount Mandara
• Mandara peak (śikhara)
• Trees (druma)