Shloka 39

Subhadrā-vilāpaḥ — Subhadrā’s Lament for Abhimanyu

Droṇa-parva 55

Devanagari script

हैमं हिमवतः पादं यियक्षोविविधै: स वै । यस्य सेन्द्राउईमरगणा बृहस्पतिपुरोगमा:

Transliteration

haimaṃ himavataḥ pādaṃ yiyakṣo vividhaḥ sa vai | yasya sendrau īśvaragaṇā bṛhaspatipurogamāḥ ||

Translation

Nārada said: “He indeed sought to perform many kinds of sacrificial rites at the golden foot of the Himālaya—he whose assembly of divine lords, with Indra among them, was led by Bṛhaspati.”

Word by Word

• हैमम्: golden
• हैमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हैम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• हिमवतः: of Himavat (the Himalaya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पादम्: foot; base; slope
• पादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यियक्षोः: wished to sacrifice
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: Desiderative (सनन्त), Third, Singular

• विविधैः: with various (means/rites)
• विविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• यस्य: whose
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• स-इन्द्र-उषी-मरगणाः: the groups (of gods) together with Indra and the Maruts
• स-इन्द्र-उषी-मरगणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र + उषी + मरगण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बृहस्पति-पुरोगमाः: having Bृहस्पति as their leader
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहस्पति + पुरोगम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

(नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Himavat (Himālaya)
• Indra
• Bṛhaspati
• Īśvaragaṇāḥ (hosts of divine lords)