Shloka 2

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 58: Yudhiṣṭhira’s dawn rites, royal gifts, and the reception of Kṛṣṇa

Devanagari script

साद्रिद्वीपार्णववनां रथघोषेण नादयन्‌ । स शिबिर्व रिपून्‌ नित्यं मुख्यान्‌ निध्नन्‌ सपत्नजित्‌,राजा शिबिने पर्वत, द्वीप, समुद्र और वनोंसहित इस पृथ्वीको अपने रथकी घरघराहटसे प्रतिध्वनित करते हुए प्रधान-प्रधान शत्रुओंको मारकर सदा ही अपने विपक्षियोंपर विजय प्राप्त की थी

Transliteration

sādridvīpārṇavavanāṁ rathaghoṣeṇa nādayan | sa śibir iva ripūn nityaṁ mukhyān nidhnan sapatnajit |

Translation

Nārada said: “Making the earth—together with its mountains, islands, oceans, and forests—resound with the thunder of his chariot, that king, ever a conqueror of rivals, continually struck down the foremost of his enemies, like a blazing camp-fire consuming what stands before it.”

Word by Word

सhe/that (king)

अद्रि-द्वीप-अर्णव-वनाम्the earth (with mountains, islands, oceans, and forests)

रथ-घोषेणby the roar/sound of (his) chariot

नादयन्making resound

सhe

शिबिःŚibi (the king)

रिपून्enemies

नित्यम्always/constantly

मुख्यान्chief/foremost

निघ्नन्slaying/killing

सपत्न-जित्conqueror of rivals (epithet)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

the king (sapatnajit)

chariot (ratha)

earth (implied by mountains/islands/oceans/forests)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes