Shloka 5

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

Devanagari script

इत्येवमुक्त्वा संक्रुद्धो वज़दत्तो नराधिप: । प्रेषयामास कौरव्य वारणं पाण्डवं प्रति,कुरुनन्दन! ऐसा कहकर क्रोधमें भरे हुए राजा वज्रदत्तने पुनः पाण्डुपुत्र अर्जुनकी ओर अपने हाथीको हाँक दिया

Transliteration

ity evam uktvā saṅkruddho vajradatto narādhipaḥ | preṣayāmāsa kauravya vāraṇaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ prati ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Having spoken thus, King Vajradatta, inflamed with anger, drove his elephant forward again toward the Pāṇḍava (Arjuna).

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एवम्: in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• वज्रदत्तः: Vajradatta
• वज्रदत्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रदत्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• नराधिपः: king (lord of men)
• नराधिपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रेषयामास: sent / dispatched
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रेषय् (प्र-इष् caus.)
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect), perfect (narrative past), third, singular, active

• कौरव्य: O Kauravya (descendant of Kuru)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• वारणम्: elephant
• वारणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारण
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रति: towards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• कुरुनन्दन: O joy of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Vajradatta
• Arjuna (Pāṇḍava)
• war-elephant (vāraṇa)
• Kuru lineage (Kauravya)