Shloka 27

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय २: संजयस्य दिव्यदृष्टिप्रदानम् तथा निमित्तवर्णनम्

Granting Sañjaya Divine Sight and the Description of Omens

Devanagari script

अनाहता दुन्दुभय: प्रणदन्ति विशाम्पते । असुक्ताश्ष प्रवर्तन्ते क्षत्रियाणां महारथा:,“राजन! दुन्दुभियाँ बिना बजाये बज उठती हैं और क्षत्रियोंके बड़े-बड़े रथ बिना जोते ही चल पड़ते हैं

Transliteration

anāhatā dundubhayaḥ praṇadanti viśāmpate | asuktāś ca pravartante kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahārathāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O lord of the people, the war-drums resound though none has struck them; and the great chariots of the kṣatriyas begin to move though not yet yoked.”

Word by Word

• अनाहताः: unstruck, not beaten
• अनाहताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाहत (a-√हन् + क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• दुन्दुभयः: kettle-drums
• दुन्दुभयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुन्दुभि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रणदन्ति: resound, roar
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√नद्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति (विश् + अम् + पति)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• असुक्ताः: unyoked, unhitched
• असुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असुक्त (a-√युज् + क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रवर्तन्ते: set forth, start moving
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√वृत्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada

• क्षत्रियाणाम्: of the kshatriyas
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महारथाः: great chariots / great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janamejaya (implied by viśāmpate)
• dundubhi (war-drum)
• mahāratha (great chariot/warrior)
• kṣatriya