Shloka 11

Arjuna’s Account of Tapas and the Kirāta Test; Revelation of Maheśvara and the Grant of the Pāśupata-Astra

Devanagari script

महाबाहु नरश्रेष्ठ! वहाँ अलकानिवासी यक्ष तथा इस पर्वतपर रहनेवाले सभी प्राणी मेरी आज्ञाके अनुसार गन्धर्वों और किन्नरोंके साथ सदा इन श्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मणोंसहित तुम्हारी रक्षा करेंगे

Transliteration

Mahābāhu naraśreṣṭha! tatra Alakā-nivāsinaḥ yakṣāś ca asmin parvate nivāsinaḥ sarve prāṇinaś ca mama ājñānusāreṇa gandharvaiḥ kinnaraiś ca saha sadā etaiḥ śreṣṭha-brāhmaṇaiḥ saha tava rakṣāṃ kariṣyanti.

Translation

Dhanada said: “O mighty-armed best of men! The Yakṣas who dwell in Alakā, and all the beings who live upon this mountain, will—by my command—together with the Gandharvas and Kinnaras, and in the company of these excellent Brahmins, continually protect you.”

Word by Word

• महाबाहु: O mighty-armed one
• महाबाहु: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरश्रेष्ठ: O best of men
• नरश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अलकानिवासी: dwelling in Alakā
• अलकानिवासी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अलकानिवासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यक्षाः: Yakṣas
• यक्षाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्मिन्: on/in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पर्वते: mountain
• पर्वते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• निवसन्तः: dwelling (residing)
• निवसन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: निवस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Present active participle (शतृ)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राणिनः: living beings/creatures
• प्राणिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• आज्ञाम्: command
• आज्ञाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुसारम्: according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनुसार

• गन्धर्वैः: with Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वैः: Sahakari
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• किन्नरैः: with Kinnaras
• किन्नरैः: Sahakari
• Type: Noun
• Root: किन्नर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• श्रेष्ठैः: excellent/best
• श्रेष्ठैः: Sahakari
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• ब्राह्मणैः: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Sahakari
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सहिताः: accompanied (being together)
• सहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• रक्षिष्यन्ति: will protect
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: Simple future (लृट्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

धनद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhanada (Kubera)
• Alakā
• Yakṣas
• Gandharvas
• Kinnaras
• Brahmins
• the mountain (parvata)
• the addressed hero (naraśreṣṭha, mahābāhu)