Shloka 30

Devanagari script

जातमात्रेण वीरेण येनोच्चै:श्रवसा यथा,अश्वत्थामेति सोअ्द्यैष शूरो नदति पाण्डव | पाण्डुनन्दन! जिस वीरने जन्म लेते ही उच्चै:श्रवा अश्वके समान हिनहिनाकर पृथ्वी तथा तीनों लोकोंको कम्पित कर दिया था और उस शब्दको सुनकर किसी अदृश्य प्राणीने उस समय उसका नाम “अश्व॒त्थामा” रख दिया था, यह वही शूरवीर अश्व॒त्थामा सिंहनाद कर रहा है

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca | jātamātreṇa vīreṇa yenoccaiḥśravasā yathā, aśvatthāmeti so 'dya eṣa śūro nadati pāṇḍava |

Translation

Arjuna said: “O son of Pāṇḍu, this very hero—who, at the moment of his birth, neighed like the celestial horse Uccaiḥśravas and shook the earth and the three worlds—was then given the name ‘Aśvatthāmā’ by an unseen being upon hearing that sound. That same Aśvatthāmā is now roaring his battle-cry.”

Word by Word

जातमात्रेणby (his being) just-born state / immediately upon birth

वीरेणby the hero

येनby whom

उच्चैःश्रवसाby/like Uccaiḥśravas (the divine horse)

यथाas, just as

अश्वत्थामाAśvatthāmā

इतिthus (quotative)

सःhe

अद्यtoday, now

एषःthis (one)

शूरःhero, brave man

नदतिroars, bellows, resounds

पाण्डवO Pāṇḍava

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Aśvatthāmā

Uccaiḥśravas

Pāṇḍava (son of Pāṇḍu)

Earth (Pṛthivī)

Three worlds (trailokya)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes