Shloka 203

Śalya-parva Adhyāya 34: Balarāma’s Withdrawal, Sarasvatī Pilgrimage Logistics, and Prabhāsa as Soma’s Renewal Tīrtha

Devanagari script

दिवीव नक्षत्रगणै: परिकीर्णो निशाकर: । राजाओंके मध्यभागमें बैठे हुए नीलाम्बरधारी गौरकान्ति बलरामजी आकाशमें नक्षत्रोंसे घिरे हुए चन्द्रमाके समान शोभा पा रहे थे

Transliteration

divīva nakṣatragaṇaiḥ parikīrṇo niśākaraḥ | rājñāṃ madhyabhāge niṣaṇṇo nīlāmbara-dhārī gaurakānti-baladevaḥ ākāśe nakṣatraiḥ parivṛto candramā iva śobhāṃ lebhe |

Translation

Sañjaya said: As the moon shines in the sky surrounded by clusters of stars, so did Baladeva (Balarāma)—fair in radiance and clad in blue garments—sit amid the assembled kings, resplendent like the moon encircled by stars.

Word by Word

• दिवि: in heaven/sky
• दिवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• नक्षत्रगणैः: by groups of stars
• नक्षत्रगणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्रगण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• परिकीर्णः: surrounded, scattered all around
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-कीर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निशाकरः: the moon
• निशाकरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशाकर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राज्ञाम्: of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मध्यभागे: in the middle part
• मध्यभागे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्यभाग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• उपविष्टः: seated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-विश् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नीलाम्बरधारी: wearing blue garments
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीलाम्बर-धारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गौरकान्तिः: of fair radiance
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गौरकान्ति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलरामः: Balarama
• बलरामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलराम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आकाशे: in the sky
• आकाशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नक्षत्रैः: by stars
• नक्षत्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नक्षत्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• परिवृतः: surrounded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-वृत (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चन्द्रमा: the moon
• चन्द्रमा: Upamana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रमस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• शोभाम्: splendour, beauty
• शोभाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोभा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप: attained, obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Baladeva (Balarāma)
• kings (rājānaḥ)
• moon (niśākara/candramā)
• stars (nakṣatrāṇi)
• sky (div/ākāśa)
• blue garments (nīlāmbara)