Shloka 22

Vāsudeva-Māhātmya: Duryodhana’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Theological Account of Keśava

Devanagari script

स उत्पन्‌ वै रथोपस्थे दर्शयन्‌ पाणिलाघवम्‌ | अलातचक्रवद्‌ राजंस्तत्र तत्र सम दृश्यते,राजन्‌! उस समय भीष्म अपने हाथकी फुर्ती दिखाते हुए रथकी बैठकपर नृत्य-सा कर रहे थे। घूमते हुए अलातचक्रकी भाँति वे यत्र-तत्र सर्वत्र दिखायी देने लगे

Transliteration

sa utpannaiva rathopasthe darśayan pāṇilāghavam | alātacakravad rājan tatra tatra sama dṛśyate ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Even as he rose upon the chariot-seat, Bhīṣma displayed the swift dexterity of his hands. O King, like a whirling firebrand forming a wheel of flame, he seemed to appear everywhere at once—here and there—through sheer speed and mastery in battle.”

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उत्पतन्: leaping up / springing
• उत्पतन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + पत्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• रथोपस्थे: on the chariot-seat/platform
• रथोपस्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथोपस्थ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दर्शयन्: showing / displaying
• दर्शयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (causative: दर्शयति)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle, causative), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाणिलाघवम्: dexterity of the hands
• पाणिलाघवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणिलाघव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अलातचक्रवत्: like a firebrand-wheel
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलातचक्रवत्

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• तत्र: there (here and there)
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• सम्: together / completely (prefix-like usage)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• दृश्यते: is seen / appears
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive/Reflexive (appears/is seen)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• chariot (ratha)
• chariot-seat/platform (rathopastha)
• firebrand (alāta)
• wheel-like circle (cakra)