Shloka 11

Kubera-prasāda-vihāra and Counsel on Ajñātavāsa (कुबेरप्रसादविहारः तथा अज्ञातवासोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

पर्वतैश्छाद्यमानो*5हं निगृहीतैश्व वाजिभि: । अगच्छं परमामार्ति मातलिस्तदलक्षयत्‌,एक ओर तो मैं शिलाखण्डोंसे आच्छादित हो रहा था, दूसरी ओर मेरे घोड़े पकड़ लिये जानेसे रथकी गति कुण्ठित हो गयी थी। इस विवशताकी दशामें मुझे बड़ी पीड़ा होने लगी, जिसे मातलिने जान लिया

Transliteration

parvataiś chādyamāno ’haṃ nigṛhītaiś ca vājibhiḥ | agacchaṃ paramām ārtiṃ mātalis tad alakṣayat ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “As I was being hemmed in and covered over by falling mountain-masses, and as my horses were seized so that the chariot’s speed was checked, I was driven into extreme distress. Mātali perceived my helpless plight and understood the pain I was undergoing.”

Word by Word

पर्वतैःby mountains / with mountains

छाद्यमानःbeing covered

अहम्I

निगृहीतैःby (those) seized/held back

चand

वाजिभिःby horses

अगच्छम्I went / I proceeded

परमाम्supreme, extreme

आर्तिम्distress, pain

मातलिःMātali (Indra’s charioteer)

तत्that (situation/thing)

अलक्षयत्noticed, perceived

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Mātali

horses (chariot-horses)

mountains / mountain-masses

chariot

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes