Shloka 53

इन्द्रस्य पाण्डवैः समागमः

Indra’s Meeting with the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

इदं चाश्चर्यभूतं मे यत्‌ क्रोधात्‌ तस्य धीमतः । तदैव त्वं न निर्दग्ध: सबल: सपदानुग:,मुझे इस बातके लिये बड़ा आश्चर्य होता है कि उन बुद्धिमान्‌ महर्षिके क्रोधसे आप उसी समय अपने सेवकों और सैनिकोंसहित जलकर भस्म क्‍यों नहीं हो गये?

Transliteration

idaṃ cāścaryabhūtaṃ me yat krodhāt tasya dhīmataḥ | tadaiva tvaṃ na nirdagdhaḥ sabalaḥ sapadānugaḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “And this is another thing that fills me with wonder: that when that wise great seer became wrathful, you were not at once burned to ashes—together with your attendants and your armed force.”

Word by Word

इदम्this

चand

आश्चर्यभूतम्a matter of wonder; wondrous

मेof me; to me

यत्that (the fact that)

क्रोधात्from anger; due to anger

तस्यof him

धीमतःof the wise one

तदाthen

एवindeed; just

त्वम्you

नnot

निर्दग्धःburnt up; consumed

सबलःwith (your) army/forces

सपदानुगःtogether with attendants/followers

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

a wise great seer (mahārṣi; unnamed in this verse)

the addressed person (unnamed in this verse)

attendants/followers

armed force/army

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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Sandhi Notes