Shloka 44

Devanagari script

विषवन्तो महाराज नागाश्चार्जुनतो5भवन्‌ | ऐरावता: सौरभेया वैशालेयाश्ष भोगिन:

Transliteration

viṣavanto mahārāja nāgāś cārjunato 'bhavan | airāvatāḥ saurabheyā vaiśāleyāś ca bhoginaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, from Arjuna there arose venom-bearing serpents—mighty nāgas, including the Airāvatas, the Saurabheyas, and the Vaiśāleyas—coiling and writhing as formidable ‘bhogins.’”

Word by Word

• विषवन्तः: poisonous
• विषवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विषवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• नागाः: serpents (Nāgas)
• नागाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अर्जुनतः: from Arjuna
• अर्जुनतः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अभवन्: became / came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural

• ऐरावताः: Airāvatas (a class/lineage of Nāgas)
• ऐरावताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐरावत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सौरभेयाः: Saurabheyas (a class/lineage of Nāgas)
• सौरभेयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौरभेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वैशालेयाः: Vaiśāleyas (a class/lineage of Nāgas)
• वैशालेयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशालेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भोगिनः: serpents (hooded ones)
• भोगिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोगिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Arjuna
• Nāgas (serpents)
• Airāvata nāgas
• Saurabheya nāgas
• Vaiśāleya nāgas