Shloka 22

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

Devanagari script

स हय: पृथिवीं राजन्‌ प्रदक्षिणमवर्तत । ससारोत्तरत: पूर्व तन्निबोध महीपते

Transliteration

sa hayaḥ pṛthivīṃ rājan pradakṣiṇam avartata | sa sāra uttarataḥ pūrva tan nibodha mahīpate ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O King, that sacrificial horse began to move about the earth in an auspicious rightward circuit. It went on, keeping first to the northern and then to the eastern direction. Know this, O lord of the land.”

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हयः: horse
• हयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रदक्षिणम्: clockwise; in circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रदक्षिण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवर्तत: turned/roamed; went around
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• ससार: went; moved; wandered
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उत्तरतः: from the north; northwards
• उत्तरतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत्तर
• Form: Directional adverb (ablatival form used adverbially)

• पूर्वम्: to the east; eastwards
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: Adverb

• तत्: that (matter/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• निबोध: know; understand; listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महीपते: O lord of the earth (king)
• महीपते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• the Aśvamedha horse (hayaḥ)
• earth (pṛthivī)