Shloka 17
अश्वमेधीयस्य हयस्य दक्षिणापश्चिमगमनम् — The Sacrificial Horse’s Southern and Western Circuit
Devanagari script
सम्भ्रान्तनरनागाश्वमपतद् विद्रुतं बलम् । हतविध्वस्तभूयिष्ठमावर्तत मुहुर्मुहु:
Transliteration
sambhrāntanaranāgāśvam apatat vidrutaṃ balam | hatavidhvastabhūyiṣṭham āvartata muhurmuhuḥ ||
Translation
Vaiśampāyana said: The army, thrown into panic—its men, elephants, and horses in confusion—broke and fled. Largely slain and shattered, it kept wheeling back again and again, unable to hold its ground or find a steady course amid the ruin.
Word by Word
सम्भ्रान्तconfused, panic-stricken
सम्भ्रान्त:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्भ्रान्त (भ्रान्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भ्रम्)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
नरmen
नर:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नागelephants
नाग:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनाग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अश्वम्horses
अश्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अपतत्fell, rushed down
अपतत्:
TypeVerb
Root√पत्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular
विद्रुतम्fleeing, in flight
विद्रुतम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविद्रुत (वि+√द्रु)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
बलम्army, force
बलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
हतslain
हत:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहत (√हन्)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
विध्वस्तshattered, destroyed
विध्वस्त:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविध्वस्त (वि+√ध्वंस्)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
भूयिष्ठम्mostly, for the most part
भूयिष्ठम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभूयिष्ठ (भूयस्-तमप्)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
आवर्ततturned back, wheeled around
आवर्तत:
TypeVerb
Rootआ+√वृत्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular
मुहुःagain and again
मुहुः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमुहुः
मुहुःagain and again
मुहुः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमुहुः
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaA
army (bala)S
soldiers (nara)W
war-elephants (nāga)H
horses (aśva)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes