Shloka 373

द्रोणनिन्दाश्रवणं तथा सात्यकि–पार्षतविवादः

Hearing the reproach of Droṇa and the Sātyaki–Pārṣata dispute

Devanagari script

अष्टचक्रसमायुक्तमास्थाय प्रवरं रथम्‌ । राजन्‌! उस समय राक्षसराज अलम्बुष आठ पहियोंसे युक्त श्रेष्ठ रथपर आरूढ़ हो उन दोनोंका सामना करनेके लिये आगे बढ़ आया

Transliteration

aṣṭacakrasamāyuktam āsthāya pravaraṁ ratham | rājan! tadā rākṣasarāja alambuṣaḥ aṣṭabhis cakraiḥ yukte śreṣṭhe rathe samāruhya tayor ubhayor yoddhum abhimukhaḥ prāgād āyayau ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, at that moment the rākṣasa-king Alambuṣa mounted a splendid chariot fitted with eight wheels and advanced to confront those two.”

Word by Word

• अष्टचक्रसमायुक्तम्: furnished with eight wheels
• अष्टचक्रसमायुक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टचक्र-समायुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थाय: having mounted / having taken refuge in
• आस्थाय: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु: स्था)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• प्रवरम्: excellent, foremost
• प्रवरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Rājan (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• Alambuṣa
• rākṣasa (rākṣasa-king)
• aṣṭacakra-ratha (eight-wheeled chariot)
• those two (unnamed pair of opponents in context)