Shloka 6
Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 17 — Śālva’s encampment and the Yādava counter-engagement at Dvārakā
Devanagari script
मुखस्य वर्णो न विकल्पते5स्य चेलुश्व गात्राणि न चापि तस्य । सिंहोन्नतं चाप्यभिगर्जतो<5स्य शुश्राव लोको<द्धुतवीर्यमग्रयम्,उनके मुखका रंग तनिक भी नहीं बदलता था। उनके अंग भी विचलित नहीं होते थे। सब ओर गर्जना करते हुए प्रद्युम्नका उत्तम एवं अद्भुत बल-पराक्रमका सूचक सिंहनाद सब लोगोंको सुनायी देता था
Transliteration
mukhasya varṇo na vikalpate ’sya, celur gātrāṇi na cāpi tasya | siṁhonnataṁ cāpy abhigarjato ’sya, śuśrāva loko ’dbhuta-vīryam agryam ||
Translation
His face did not change color in the least; nor did his limbs tremble. And as he roared on all sides with a lofty, lion-like cry, the people heard it—an unmistakable sign of his supreme and wondrous valor.
Word by Word
{'mukhasya''of the face', 'varṇaḥ': 'color, complexion', 'na': 'not', 'vikalpate': 'changes, alters, wavers', 'asya': 'of him, his', 'gātrāṇi': 'limbs, body-parts', 'celuḥ (√cal)': 'trembled, shook, were unsteady', 'na cāpi': 'nor also', 'siṁha-unnatam': 'lion-like and lofty (lit. ‘raised like a lion’), proud/majestic', 'abhigarjataḥ (√garj)': 'of him who was roaring loudly', 'śuśrāva': 'heard', 'lokaḥ': 'the people, the world', 'adbhuta': 'marvelous, extraordinary', 'vīryam': 'heroic power, valor, prowess', 'agryam': 'foremost, excellent, supreme'}
{'mukhasya':
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyudeva (speaker)L
loka (people/world)S
siṁha (lion, as a simile)P
Pradyumna (implied by the accompanying Hindi gloss)