Shloka 25

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

Devanagari script

किराता यवना राजन्‌ बहवो5सिथनुर्धरा: । म्लेच्छाश्षान्ये बहुविधा: पूर्व ये निकृता रणे,राजन्‌! तलवार और धनुष धारण करनेवाले बहुत-से किरात, यवन और म्लेच्छ, जो पहले महाभारत-युद्धमें पाण्डवोंद्वारा परास्त किये गये थे, अर्जुनका सामना करनेके लिये आये

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: kirātā yavanā rājan bahavo 'sthi-dhanur-dharāḥ | mlecchāś cānye bahuvidhāḥ pūrva ye nikṛtā raṇe ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O King, many Kirātas and Yavanas—fighters bearing bows and weapons—along with other mleccha groups of various kinds, who had earlier been defeated in battle, now came forward to confront Arjuna.”

Word by Word

किराताःKirātas (mountain/forest tribesmen)

यवनाःYavanas (Greeks/foreigners)

राजन्O king

बहवःmany

असि-धनुर्धराःsword- and bow-bearers (armed with sword and bow)

म्लेच्छाःMlecchas (barbarians/foreign tribes)

चand

अन्येothers

बहु-विधाःof many kinds, various

पूर्वम्formerly, earlier

येwho

निकृताःslain/defeated

रणेin battle

राजन्O king

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

King (Janamejaya)

Kirātas

Yavanas

Mlecchas

Arjuna

bows

swords/weapons

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes