Shloka 22

Kṛṣṇasya Dvārakā-praveśaḥ — Krishna’s Return to Dvārakā and the Raivataka Festival

Devanagari script

अथ पातयमानस्य बिल्वापदह्वतचक्षुष: । न्यपतंस्तानि बिल्वानि तस्मिन्नेवाजिने विभो

Transliteration

atha pātayamānasya bilvāpadahvata-cakṣuṣaḥ | nyapataṃstāni bilvāni tasminnevājine vibho ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: As he was knocking them down, his eyes fixed upon the bilva tree, those bilva fruits dropped and fell upon that very hide, O mighty one.

Word by Word

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

• पातयमानस्य: of (him) who was causing to fall / making fall
• पातयमानस्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पातयमान (पातयति इति धातोः √पत्/पत् + णिच्; वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययः)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (contextually masculine), Genitive, Singular

• बिल्वापदह्वतचक्षुषः: of him whose eyes were struck/afflicted by a bilva-fruit falling at his feet
• बिल्वापदह्वतचक्षुषः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बिल्व-अपद-आह्वत-चक्षुस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• न्यपतन्: fell down
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पत् (पतति) with नि-
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• बिल्वानि: bilva fruits
• बिल्वानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिल्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• तस्मिन्: in/onto that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• अजिने: on the hide/skin (deerskin)
• अजिने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजिन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• विभो: O mighty one
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• bilva (tree/fruit)
• ājina (hide/skin)