Shloka 20

इन्द्रस्य पाण्डवैः समागमः

Indra’s Meeting with the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

शेरते निहता देव गतसत्त्वा: परासव: । लब्धशेषा वयं मुक्ता मणिमांस्ते सखा हत:,“नरेश्वर! राक्षसों और यक्षोंमें जो प्रमुख वीर थे, वे आज उत्साहशून्य तथा निष्प्राण होकर रणभूमिमें सो रहे हैं। हमलोग उसके कृपा-प्रसादसे छूट गये हैं; परंतु आपके सखा राक्षस मणिमान्‌ मार डाले गये हैं

Transliteration

śerate nihatā deva gata-sattvāḥ parāsavaḥ | labdha-śeṣā vayaṃ muktā maṇimāṃs te sakhā hataḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “O king, those foremost heroes among the Rākṣasas and Yakṣas now lie slain upon the battlefield—bereft of spirit and life. By his gracious favor we have been spared and left alive; yet your companion, the Rākṣasa Maṇimān, has been killed.”

Word by Word

• शेरते: lie (sleep)
• शेरते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी (धातु)
• Form: Lat (Present), 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada

• निहताः: slain
• निहताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-हन् (धातु) / निहत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देव: O lord / O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गतसत्त्वाः: whose vitality/strength has gone; lifeless
• गतसत्त्वाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत-सत्त्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परासवः: deprived of life; dead
• परासवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परासु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• लब्धशेषाः: having obtained what remained; survivors
• लब्धशेषाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लब्ध-शेष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Plural

• मुक्ताः: released; spared
• मुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (धातु) / मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मणिमान्: Maṇimān (proper name)
• मणिमान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• सखा: friend
• सखा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हतः: killed
• हतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) / हत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Narendra (the king, addressee)
• Rākṣasas
• Yakṣas
• Maṇimān