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Shloka 1

Arjuna Confronted by Saindhava Forces during the Aśvamedha Circuit (श्वेतवाहनस्य सैन्धवसंघर्षः)

Devanagari script

अपन क्रात बछ। 2 षट्सप्ततितमो<ध्याय: अर्जुनके द्वारा वज्दत्तकी पराजय वैशम्पायन उवाच एवं त्रिरात्रमभवत्‌ तद्‌ युद्धे भरतर्षभ । अर्जुनस्य नरेन्द्रेण वृत्रेणेव शतक्रतो:,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--भरतश्रेष्ठ! जैसे इन्द्रका वृत्रासुरके साथ युद्ध हुआ था, उसी प्रकार अर्जुनका राजा वझदत्तके साथ तीन दिन तीन रात युद्ध होता रहा

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: evaṁ trirātram abhavat tad yuddhe bharatarṣabha | arjunasya narendreṇa vajradattena vṛtreṇeva śatakratoḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O bull among the Bharatas, that battle lasted for three nights. Arjuna fought with King Vajradatta just as Śatakratu (Indra) once fought with Vṛtra.”

Word by Word

वैशम्पायनःVaishampayana

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus

त्रिthree

रात्रम्nights (as a duration: for three nights)

अभवत्was / happened

तत्that (battle/that event)

युद्धेin the battle

भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas

अर्जुनस्यof Arjuna

नरेन्द्रेणby the king (lord of men)

वृत्रेणby Vritra

इवlike / as

शतक्रतोःof Shatakratu (Indra)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bharatarṣabha (Janamejaya, addressed)

Arjuna

Vajradatta

Śatakratu (Indra)

Vṛtra

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes