Shloka 30

Duryodhana’s Śaraṇāgati and the Pāṇḍavas’ Resolve

Gandharva Encounter

Devanagari script

उत्पपात दिवं शुभ्र॑ कालेनाभिप्रचोदितम्‌ । ते पिबन्त इवाकाशं त्रासयन्तश्नराचरान्‌

Transliteration

utpapāta divaṁ śubhraḥ kālenābhipracoditam | te pibanta ivākāśaṁ trāsayantaś carācarān |

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “Urged on by the force of Time, the radiant one sprang up into the heavens. It was as though they were drinking in the very sky, terrifying all beings—both moving and unmoving.”

Word by Word

• उत्पपात: leapt up
• उत्पपात: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√पत्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दिवम्: to the sky
• दिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शुभ्रम्: bright, white
• शुभ्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ्र
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कालेन: by Time
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभिप्रचोदितम्: impelled, driven
• अभिप्रचोदितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-प्र-√चुद्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पिबन्तः: drinking
• पिबन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• आकाशम्: the sky/space
• आकाशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्रासयन्तः: terrifying
• त्रासयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्रस् (causative √त्रासय्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle, causative), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नराचरान्: men and other beings (moving creatures)
• नराचरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + आचर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Kāla (Time)
• diva/ākāśa (heaven/sky)
• carācarāḥ (all beings)