Shloka 12

Adhyāya 227: Duryodhana’s Deliberation and the Ghoṣa-yātrā Pretext

Dvaita-vana

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रस्तु प्रथमं कुमारं शरणं गत: । स्तवं दिव्यं सम्प्रचक्रे महासेनस्थ चापि स:,विश्वामित्रजी सबसे पहले कुमार कार्तिकेयकी शरणमें गये तथा उन्होंने महासेनकी दिव्य स्तोत्रोंद्वारा स्तुति भी की

Transliteration

viśvāmitras tu prathamaṃ kumāraṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ | stavaṃ divyaṃ sampracakre mahāsenasya cāpi saḥ ||

Translation

Viśvāmitra first sought refuge in Kumāra (Kārttikeya), and he also composed and offered a divine hymn of praise to Mahāsena.

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• प्रथमम्: first/at first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कुमारम्: the Kumāra (Skanda/Kārttikeya)
• कुमारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शरणम्: refuge/shelter
• शरणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गतः: gone; having resorted to
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्तवम्: hymn/praise
• स्तवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दिव्यम्: divine
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सम्प्रचक्रे: he composed/produced; he performed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-चक्र् (कृ)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महासेनस्य: of Mahāsena (Skanda)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासेन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Viśvāmitra
• Kumāra (Kārttikeya/Skanda)
• Mahāsena (epithet of Kārttikeya)