Shloka 503

Śiva’s Battlefield Manifestation and Vyāsa’s Śatarudrīya Exposition (शिवप्रादुर्भावः शतरुद्रीयव्याख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

यथा वैतरणी राजन्‌ यमराजपुरं प्रति । राजन! दोनों सेनाओंके बीचमें बहनेवाली वह नदी मनुष्यों, घोड़ों और हाथियोंको भी बहाये लिये जाती थी, मानो वैतरणी नदी यमराजपुरीकी ओर जा रही हो

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

yathā vaitaraṇī rājan yamarājapuraṃ prati |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, just as the river Vaitaraṇī flows toward the city of Yama, so too did that river running between the two armies sweep away men, horses, and elephants—turning the battlefield into a passage toward death itself.”

Word by Word

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• वैतरणी: the Vaitaraṇī (river)
• वैतरणी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैतरणी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• यमराजपुरम्: the city/abode of Yamarāja
• यमराजपुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमराजपुर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Vaitaraṇī
• Yama (Yamarāja)
• Yamarājapura (city of Yama)
• river between the armies (battlefield stream)
• men
• horses
• elephants