Shloka 15
विन्ध्यवृद्धिनिवारणम् — The Restraint of the Vindhya
Agastya’s Injunction
Devanagari script
केचिदत्र महेष्वासा: शूरा: परमहर्षिता: । मार्गमाणा: परं यत्नं दानवानां प्रचक्रिरे,इस भूतलपर कुछ महान् धनुर्धर शूरवीर भी थे, जो अत्यन्त हर्ष और उत्साहसे युक्त हो दानवोंके स्थानका पता लगाते हुए उनके दमनके लिये भारी प्रयत्न करने लगे
Transliteration
kecid atra maheṣvāsāḥ śūrāḥ paramaharṣitāḥ | mārgamāṇāḥ paraṃ yatnaṃ dānavānāṃ pracakrire ||
Translation
Here, too, there were some great bowmen—valiant heroes, filled with the highest exhilaration and zeal—who, while searching out the whereabouts of the Dānavas, set in motion strenuous efforts to subdue them.
Word by Word
केचित्some (persons)
केचित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootक (प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (प्रत्यय)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
महेष्वासाःgreat archers
महेष्वासाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहेष्वास (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
शूराःheroes, brave men
शूराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशूर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
परमहर्षिताःexceedingly delighted
परमहर्षिताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम-हर्षित (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
मार्गमाणाःseeking, searching for
मार्गमाणाः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootमार्ग् (धातु)
FormPresent (Vartamana), Plural, Atmanepada, Present active participle (शतृ/शानच्), Masculine, Nominative
परम्great, utmost
परम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
यत्नम्effort
यत्नम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
दानवानाम्of the demons (Danavas)
दानवानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदानव (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
प्रचक्रिरेthey undertook / they set about (doing)
प्रचक्रिरे:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
Speaker
लोगश उवाच
Characters & Entities
M
maheṣvāsāḥ (great archers)Ś
śūrāḥ (heroes/warriors)D
dānavāḥ (Dānavas)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes