Shloka 3

Droṇa’s Conditional Boon: The Plan to Capture Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रोणेन युधिष्ठिरग्रहणोपायः)

Devanagari script

उच्चै:श्रवस्तुल्यबलं वायुवेगसमं जवे । जघान हयराजं तं यमुनावनवासिनम्‌,यमुनाके तटवर्ती वनमें उच्चै:श्रवाकें समान बलशाली और वायुके समान वेगवान्‌ अश्वराज केशी रहता था। उसे श्रीकृष्णने मार डाला

Transliteration

uccaiḥśravastulyabalaṁ vāyuvegāsamaṁ jave | jaghāna hayarājaṁ taṁ yamunāvanavāsinam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: In the forest by the banks of the Yamunā there lived the horse-king Keśī—mighty like Uccaiḥśravas and swift as the wind. Śrī Kṛṣṇa struck down that formidable creature.

Word by Word

• उच्चैःश्रवस्-तुल्य-बलम्: having strength equal to Uccaiḥśravas
• उच्चैःश्रवस्-तुल्य-बलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उच्चैःश्रवस् + तुल्य + बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वायु-वेग-समम्: equal to the wind in speed
• वायु-वेग-समम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वायु + वेग + सम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जवे: in swiftness
• जवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• जघान: slew/killed
• जघान: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (√हन्)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• हय-राजम्: the king of horses
• हय-राजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय + राज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: that (him)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यमुना-वन-वासिनम्: dwelling in the forest by the Yamunā
• यमुना-वन-वासिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना + वन + वासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Uccaiḥśravas
• Yamunā
• Keśī
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa