Shloka 71

अर्जुनागमनम्

Arjuna’s Arrival and Reunion on the Sacred Mountain

Devanagari script

रुक्मपट्टपिनद्धां तां शत्रूणां भयवर्धिनीम्‌ । प्रगृह्या थ नदन्‌ भीम: शैक्यां सर्वायसीं गदाम्‌

Transliteration

rukmapaṭṭapinaddhāṃ tāṃ śatrūṇāṃ bhayavardhinīm | pragṛhya tha nadan bhīmaḥ śaikyāṃ sarvāyasīṃ gadām ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then Bhīma, roaring aloud, seized that iron mace—bound with a golden band and a terror that swelled the fear of enemies—taking it up as a weapon fit for decisive combat.

Word by Word

• रुक्मपट्टपिनद्धाम्: bound/fastened with a golden band
• रुक्मपट्टपिनद्धाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुक्मपट्टपिनद्धा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शत्रूणाम्: of enemies
• शत्रूणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• भयवर्धिनीम्: fear-increasing (causing fear to grow)
• भयवर्धिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयवर्धिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रगृह्य: having seized/taken up
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-ग्रह्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• नदन्: roaring/shouting
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद्
• Form: Present participle (Parasmaipada)

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शैक्याम्: made of śaikya (stone/metal; hard material)
• शैक्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शैक्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वायसीम्: entirely of iron
• सर्वायसीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वायसी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गदाम्: mace
• गदाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīma
• śatravaḥ (enemies)
• gadā (mace)