Shloka 66

Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya

Chapter 29

Devanagari script

सर्वा रथगता: कन्या रथा: सर्वे चतुर्युजः । शतं शतं रथे नागा: पद्मिनो हेममालिन:,“वे सभी कन्याएँ अलग-अलग रथमें बैठी हुई थीं। प्रत्येक रथमें चार-चार घोड़े जुते हुए थे। हर एक रथके पीछे सोनेकी मालाओंसे विभूषित तथा मस्तकपर कमलके चिह्लोंसे अलंकृत सौ-सौ हाथी थे

Transliteration

sarvā rathagatāḥ kanyā rathāḥ sarve caturyujaḥ | śataṃ śataṃ rathe nāgāḥ padmino hemamālinaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “All the maidens were seated in chariots. Every chariot was drawn by four horses. And behind each chariot were a hundred elephants—of the ‘Padmin’ type—adorned with garlands of gold and marked with lotus-emblems upon their heads.”

Word by Word

सर्वाःall

रथगताःgone/being in chariots; seated in chariots

कन्याःmaidens, girls

रथाःchariots

सर्वेall

चतुर्युजःfour-yoked (with four horses)

शतम्a hundred

शतम्a hundred (i.e., hundred by hundred)

रथेon/at/behind the chariot (in relation to the chariot)

नागाःelephants

पद्मिनःlotus-marked; having lotus signs

हेममालिनःwearing golden garlands

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)

क

कन्या (maidens)

र

रथ (chariots)

च

चतुर्युज (four-horse teams)

न

नाग (elephants)

प

पद्मिन (Padmin-class elephants)

ह

हेममाला (gold garlands)

प

पद्मचिह्न (lotus marks/emblems)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes