Shloka 28

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

Devanagari script

यानि तूभयतो राजन प्रतप्तानि महान्ति च | तानि युद्धानि वक्ष्यामि कौन्तेयस्य तवानघ,निष्पाप नरेश! जो युद्ध दोनों पक्षके योद्धाओंके लिये अधिक कष्टदायक और महान्‌ थे, अर्जुनके उन्हीं युद्धोंका मैं यहाँ तुमसे वर्णन करूँगा

Transliteration

yāni tūbhayato rājan prataptāni mahānti ca | tāni yuddhāni vakṣyāmi kaunteyasya tavānagha niṣpāpa nareśa ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “O King, those battles which were grievous to both sides and truly great in their scale—those very wars of Arjuna, O sinless lord of men, I shall now recount to you.”

Word by Word

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• उभयतः: on both sides
• उभयतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उभय

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

• प्रतप्तानि: very painful/afflicting
• प्रतप्तानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतप्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• महान्ति: great
• महान्ति: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• युद्धानि: battles
• युद्धानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• वक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कौन्तेयस्य: of Kuntī's son (Arjuna)
• कौन्तेयस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तव: to/for you; of you
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Janamejaya
• Arjuna (Kaunteya)