Shloka 22

Sauptika-parva Adhyāya 13 — Bhīmasena’s Pursuit of Drauṇi and the Release of a Divine Astra

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्यामिषीकायां पावक: समजायत । प्रधक्ष्यन्निव लोकांस्त्रीन कालान्तकयमोपम:,तदनन्तर उस सींकमें काल, अन्तक और यमराजके समान भयंकर आग प्रकट हो गयी। उस समय ऐसा जान पड़ा कि वह अग्नि तीनों लोकोंको जलाकर भस्म कर डालेगी

Transliteration

tatas tasyām iṣīkāyāṃ pāvakaḥ samajāyata | pradhakṣyann iva lokāṃs trīn kālāntaka-yamopamaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then, within that bundle of reeds, a fire suddenly arose—terrible like Kāla, Antaka, and Yama—so fierce that it seemed as though it would burn up all the three worlds.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• तस्य: of that/its
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• आमिषीकायाम्: in the (thing called) āmīṣikā (a reed/grass bundle; here: in that siṅk/bundle)
• आमिषीकायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमिषीका
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पावकः: fire
• पावकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समजायत: arose, came into being
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (जनँ प्रादुर्भावे)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada; with prefix सम्

• प्रधक्ष्यन्: about to burn up
• प्रधक्ष्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: धक्ष्/दह् (दहँ भस्मीकरणे) (future participial stem धक्ष्यत्) with prefix प्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular; future active participle (śatṛ-type) agreeing with पावकः

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: Avyaya

• लोकान्: worlds
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• त्रीन्: three
• त्रीन्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (Numeral)
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural (agreeing with लोकान्)

• कालान्तकयमोपमः: like Kāla, Antaka, and Yama (i.e., death-like, terrifying)
• कालान्तकयमोपमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपम (प्रातिपदिक) / उपमा-समासान्त; base: काल + अन्तक + यम + उपम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (agreeing with पावकः)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāvaka (Agni)
• Kāla
• Antaka
• Yama
• three worlds (trailokya)