Shloka 73

Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)

Devanagari script

तामापतन्तीं सहसा युगान्ताग्निसमप्रभाम्‌

Transliteration

tām āpatantīṁ sahasā yugāntāgnisamaprabhām

Translation

Sañjaya said: “It came hurtling down all at once, blazing with a radiance like the fire that rises at the end of an age.”

Word by Word

• ताम्: her/that (f.)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आपतन्तीम्: falling/descending, rushing down
• आपतन्तीम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपत् (धातु: पत्/आपत्)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• सहसा: suddenly, at once
• सहसा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• युगान्ताग्नि-सम-प्रभाम्: having a radiance equal to the fire at the end of an age
• युगान्ताग्नि-सम-प्रभाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• yugānta-agni (the end-of-age fire, as a cosmic image)