Shloka 3

Kṛṣṇasya asāṃnidhya-kāraṇaṃ — Śālva–Soubha-vṛttāntaḥ

Why Kṛṣṇa was absent; the Śālva and Saubha account

Devanagari script

अरुन्धत्तां सुदुष्टात्मा सर्वतः पाण्डुनन्दन । शाल्वो वैहायसं चापि तत्‌ पुरं व्यूह्ा विछ्ठित:,पाण्डुनन्दन! उस दुष्टात्मा शाल्वने सेनाद्वारा द्वारकापुरीको सब ओरसे घेर लिया था। वह स्वयं आकाशचारी विमान सौभपर व्यूहरचनापूर्वक विराजमान हो रहा था

Transliteration

arundhattāṁ suduṣṭātmā sarvataḥ pāṇḍunandana | śālvo vaihāyasaṁ cāpi tat puraṁ vyūha-vicchitaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “O son of Pāṇḍu, the wicked-minded Śālva hemmed in Arundhatī on every side. He himself, stationed in the aerial Saubha-vimāna and arranged in battle-formation, pressed the assault upon that city.”

Word by Word

अरुन्धत्ताम्besieged, blocked, hemmed in

सुदुष्टात्माone of very wicked nature

सर्वतःon all sides, from every direction

पाण्डुनन्दनO son of Pāṇḍu

शाल्वःŚālva

वैहायसम्aerial, moving in the sky

चand

अपिalso, even

तत्that

पुरम्city (Dvārikā)

व्यूह्यhaving arrayed (the troops), having formed a battle-array

विच्छित्तःstationed/placed (in formation); arranged

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Pāṇḍunandana (a Pāṇḍava, addressed)

Śālva

Arundhatī

Saubha-vimāna

pura (city; contextually associated with Dvārakā in the narrative tradition)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes