Shloka 25

Adhyāya 86: Irāvān’s Lineage, Cavalry Clash, and the Māyā-Duel Ending in Irāvān’s Fall

Devanagari script

हैडिम्बो राक्षसेन्द्रस्तु भगदत्तं समाद्रवत्‌ । रथेनादित्यवर्णेन सध्वजेन महाबल:,दूसरी ओर राक्षसराज महाबली घटोत्कचने सूर्यके समान तेजस्वी एवं ध्वजयुक्त रथके द्वारा भगदत्तपर आक्रमण किया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | haiḍimbo rākṣasendras tu bhagadattaṃ samādravat | rathenādityavarṇena sadhvajena mahābalaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: The mighty Ghaṭotkaca, lord of the Haiḍimba rākṣasas, charged straight at Bhagadatta, advancing in a chariot radiant like the sun and crowned with a banner.

Word by Word

• हैडिम्बः: Haidimba (Ghaṭotkaca)
• हैडिम्बः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हैडिम्ब
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राक्षस-इन्द्रः: lord of the rākṣasas
• राक्षस-इन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस-इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• भगदत्तम्: Bhagadatta
• भगदत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगदत्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सम्-आ-द्रवत्: rushed upon/charged at
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रथेन: with/by a chariot
• रथेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• आदित्य-वर्णेन: sun-colored; radiant like the sun
• आदित्य-वर्णेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदित्य-वर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• स-ध्वजेन: with a banner/standard
• स-ध्वजेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महाबलः: mighty/very strong
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Ghaṭotkaca (Haiḍimba)
• Bhagadatta
• ratha (chariot)
• dhvaja (banner/standard)
• Āditya (the Sun, as a simile)