Shloka 11

द्रौपदीश्रमः तथा घटोत्कचस्मरणम्

Draupadī’s Exhaustion and the Summoning of Ghaṭotkaca

Devanagari script

द्रुमाणां वातभग्नानां पततां भूतलेडनिशम्‌ । अन्येषां च महीजानां शब्द: समभवन्महान्‌,प्रचण्ड वायुके वेगसे टूटकर निरन्तर धरतीपर गिरनेवाले वृक्षों तथा अन्य झाड़ोंका भयंकर शब्द सुनायी पड़ता था

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: drumāṇāṁ vātabhagnānāṁ patatāṁ bhūtale niśam | anyeṣāṁ ca mahījānāṁ śabdaḥ samabhavan mahān ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: All through the night a tremendous roar arose as trees, snapped by the wind, crashed down upon the earth—along with other plants born of the soil.

Word by Word

• द्रुमाणाम्: of trees
• द्रुमाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वातभग्नानाम्: broken by the wind
• वातभग्नानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वात-भग्न
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पतताम्: falling
• पतताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Present (Shatru-participle), Plural

• भूतले: on the ground
• भूतले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निशम्: continually / incessantly
• निशम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निशा
• Form: Adverb

• अन्येषाम्: of other
• अन्येषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• महीजानाम्: of earth-born (plants/trees/shrubs)
• महीजानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• शब्दः: sound/noise
• शब्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समभवत्: arose/occurred
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular

• महान्: great, loud
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• wind (vāta)
• trees (druma)
• earth/ground (bhūtala)
• earth-born plants/shrubs (mahījā)