Shloka 9

Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 17 — Śālva’s encampment and the Yādava counter-engagement at Dvārakā

Devanagari script

अभियान तु वीरेण प्रद्युम्नेन महारणे । नामर्षयत संक्रुद्ध: शाल्व: कुरुकुलोद्ह,कुरुकुलतिलक! उस महासंग्राममें वीर प्रद्युम्नके द्वारा किया हुआ वह आक्रमण क्रुद्ध हुआ राजा शाल्व न सह सका

Transliteration

abhyānaṃ tu vīreṇa pradyumnena mahāraṇe | nāmarṣayat saṃkruddhaḥ śālvaḥ kurukulodvaha ||

Translation

Vāyu said: In that great battle, King Śālva—already inflamed with anger—could not endure the fierce onslaught delivered by the heroic Pradyumna.

Word by Word

• अभियानम्: attack, assault
• अभियानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभियान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• वीरेण: by the hero
• वीरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रद्युम्नेन: by Pradyumna
• प्रद्युम्नेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महा-रणे: in the great battle
• महा-रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-रण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नामर्षयत्: did not endure, could not bear
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सङ्क्रुद्धः: enraged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सङ्क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शाल्वः: Śālva (king Śālva)
• शाल्वः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाल्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुरुकुल-उद्वह: O bearer of the Kuru line
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुकुल-उद्वह
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कुरुकुल-तिलक: O ornament of the Kuru line
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुकुल-तिलक
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Pradyumna
• Śālva
• Kuru lineage (Kurukula)