Shloka 41

Parāśara’s Counsel on बुद्धि (Discernment), Karma-Consequences, and Avoidance of Pāpānubandha Actions

Devanagari script

ततो दुन्दुभयश्चैव शड्खाश्न सुमहास्वना: । मुरजा डिण्डिमाश्नैव प्रावाद्यन्त सहस्रश:

Transliteration

tato dundubhayas caiva śaṅkhāś ca sumahāsvanāḥ | murajā ḍiṇḍimāś caiva prāvādyanta sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

Then, in a mighty surge of sound, kettledrums and conches of very great resonance were blown; and likewise the muraja-drums and ḍiṇḍima-drums were sounded in their thousands.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्/ततः = then/thereupon)

• दुन्दुभयः: kettledrums
• दुन्दुभयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुन्दुभि
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय

• एव: indeed, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: अव्यय

• शङ्खाः: conches
• शङ्खाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सुमहास्वनाः: of very great sound (loud-sounding)
• सुमहास्वनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहास्वन
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मुरजाः: mṛdaṅga-drums (murajas)
• मुरजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुरज
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• डिण्डिमाः: kettle-drums (ḍiṇḍimas)
• डिण्डिमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: डिण्डिम
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: अव्यय

• एव: also, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: अव्यय

• प्रावाद्यन्त: were sounded, resounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वद्
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

• सहस्रशः: by thousands; in thousands of ways/times
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकार/आवृत्तिवाचक)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• dundubhi (kettledrum)
• śaṅkha (conch)
• muraja (drum)
• ḍiṇḍima (drum)