Shloka 88

अलंबलवधः (Alaṃbala-vadhaḥ) / The Slaying of Alaṃbala and the Advance toward Karṇa

Devanagari script

हेमकक्ष्याध्वजोपेतं क्लृप्तयन्त्रपताकिनम्‌ | अग्रयं रथं सुयन्तारं बहुशस्त्रपरिच्छदम्‌,उसमें सुवर्णमयी रज्जुसे आवेष्टित ध्वजा फहरा रही थी। वह रथ यन्त्र और पताकाओंसे सुशोभित था। उसके भीतर बहुत-से अस्त्र-शस्त्र आदि आवश्यक सामान रखे गये थे। उस श्रेष्ठ रथका सारथि भी सुयोग्य था

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | hemakakṣyādhvajopetaṃ klṛptayantrapatākinam | agryaṃ rathaṃ suyantāraṃ bahuśastraparicchadam |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “It was a foremost chariot, furnished with a banner bound with golden straps, fitted with well-arranged mechanisms and adorned with pennants. It was well-equipped with many weapons and implements, and it had a highly competent charioteer.”

Word by Word

हेमकक्ष्याwith a golden girth/strap

ध्वजोपेतम्endowed with a banner

क्लृप्तयन्त्रपताकिनम्having well-arranged fittings and flags

अग्रयम्excellent, foremost

रथम्chariot

सुयन्तारम्a good charioteer

बहुशस्त्रपरिच्छदम्equipped with many weapons and gear

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

chariot (ratha)

banner/standard (dhvaja)

pennants/streamers (patākāḥ)

mechanisms/devices (yantrāṇi)

charioteer (yantā)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes