Shloka 55
इन्द्रस्य पाण्डवैः समागमः
Indra’s Meeting with the Pāṇḍavas
Devanagari script
यक्षाणां घोररूपाणां विविधायुधधारिणाम् | अध्वन्यहमथापश्यमगस्त्यमृषिसत्तमम्,वे भयानक यक्ष नाना प्रकारके अस्त्र-शस्त्र लिये हुए थे। रास्तेमें मुझे मुनिश्रेष्ठ अगस्त्यजी दिखायी दिये, जो यमुनाके तटपर कठोर तपस्या कर रहे थे। वह प्रदेश भाँति- भाँतिके पक्षियोंसे व्याप्त और विकसित वृक्षावलियोंसे सुशोभित था
Transliteration
yakṣāṇāṁ ghorarūpāṇāṁ vividhāyudhadhāriṇām | adhvany aham athāpaśyam agastyam ṛṣisattamam |
Translation
On the road I saw fearsome Yakṣas, bearing many kinds of weapons. Then, as I proceeded, I beheld Agastya—the foremost of sages—engaged in severe austerities on the bank of the Yamunā. The region was filled with birds of many kinds and beautified by flourishing rows of trees.
Word by Word
{'yakṣāṇām''of the Yakṣas
{'yakṣāṇām':
a class of powerful semi-divine beings, often guardians of treasures and wilderness spirits', 'ghora-rūpāṇām''of terrible/fearsome form', 'vividha': 'various, manifold', 'āyudha': 'weapon
a class of powerful semi-divine beings, often guardians of treasures and wilderness spirits', 'ghora-rūpāṇām':
implement of combat', 'dhāriṇām''bearing, carrying', 'adhvani': 'on the road, along the way', 'aham': 'I', 'atha': 'then, thereafter', 'apaśyam': 'I saw, I beheld', 'agastyam': 'Agastya (proper name), a renowned Vedic sage', 'ṛṣi-sattamam': 'the best/foremost among sages', 'tapas/tapasya (implied by context)': 'austerity
implement of combat', 'dhāriṇām':
disciplined ascetic practice generating spiritual power', 'yamunā-taṭa (from the given Hindi gloss)''the bank of the Yamunā river'}
disciplined ascetic practice generating spiritual power', 'yamunā-taṭa (from the given Hindi gloss)':
Speaker
धनेश्वर उवाच
Characters & Entities
D
Dhaneshvara (speaker)Y
YakṣasA
AgastyaY
Yamunā (river)W
weapons (āyudha)