Shloka 386

जयद्रथवधः — The Slaying of Jayadratha

Sunset Vow and Curse-Condition

Devanagari script

प्रापपन्‌ यवनान्‌ शीघ्र॑ं मन:ःपवनरंहस: । मन और वायुके समान वेगवाले उन उत्तम घोड़ोंने आकाशको पीते हुए-से चलकर युयुधानको शीघ्र ही यवनोंके पास पहुँचा दिया

Transliteration

prāpapan yavanān śīghraṁ manaḥ-pavana-raṁhasaḥ | manaḥ-vāyu-samāna-vegālais te varāśvā ākāśaṁ pīvant iva gatvā yuyudhānaṁ śīghram eva yavanānāṁ samīpaṁ prāpayām āsuḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: The excellent horses, swift as thought and as the wind, seemed to drink the very sky as they sped along, and they quickly carried Yuyudhāna to the Yavanas. The verse heightens the war’s urgency by portraying speed and resolve as decisive forces that propel a warrior into the thick of battle.

Word by Word

• प्रापपन्: they reached / they caused to reach
• प्रापपन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु: आप्/आप्नोति)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद) / परोक्षभूत (perfect), 3, plural

• यवनान्: the Yavanas
• यवनान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यवन
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• पवन: wind
• पवन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवन
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• रंहसः: of speed / swiftness
• रंहसः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: रंहस्
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• Yavanas
• horses
• sky (ākāśa)