Shloka 11

Duryodhana Seized by Citraseṇa; Kaurava Petition to Yudhiṣṭhira (दुर्योधनापहारः / चित्रसेनगन्धर्वग्रहणम्)

Devanagari script

एवमुक्ते तु शक्रेण त्रिदिवं कृत्तिका गता: । नक्षत्र सप्तशीर्षाभं भाति तद्‌ वहल्निदेैवतम्‌,इन्द्रके उपर्युक्त प्रस्ताव करनेपर उनका आशय समझकर छहों कृत्तिकाएँ अभिजितके स्थानकी पूर्ति करनेके लिये आकाशमें चली गयीं। वह अग्निदेवता-सम्बन्धी कृत्तिका नक्षत्र सात सिरोंकी आकृतिमें प्रकाशित हो रहा है

Transliteration

evam ukte tu śakreṇa tridivaṃ kṛttikā gatāḥ | nakṣatraṃ saptaśīrṣābhaṃ bhāti tad vahnidaivatam ||

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “When Śakra (Indra) had spoken thus, the Kṛttikās went up to the heavenly realm. There, that star-formation—presided over by Agni—shone forth in the likeness of seven heads.”

Word by Word

• {'evam': 'thus, in this manner', 'ukte': 'when (it was) said

• locative absolute of √vac', 'tu': 'but/then (connective particle)', 'śakreṇa': 'by Śakra (Indra)

• instrumental singular', 'tridivam': 'to heaven

• the threefold heaven (svarga)', 'kṛttikāḥ': 'the Kṛttikās (Pleiades)

• a group of star-deities', 'gatāḥ': 'went

• departed (past participle of √gam)', 'nakṣatram': 'constellation, lunar mansion', 'sapta-śīrṣa-ābham': 'having the appearance of seven heads', 'bhāti': 'shines, appears radiant', 'tat': 'that', 'vahni-daivatam': 'whose presiding deity is Vahni (Agni)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Śakra (Indra)
• Kṛttikāḥ (Pleiades)
• Tridiva (Svarga/Heaven)
• Nakṣatra (constellation)
• Vahni/Agni