Shloka 28

Duryodhana’s Account of Gandharva Defeat and the Pandavas’ Intervention (दुर्योधनवर्णितो गन्धर्वसंग्रामः)

Devanagari script

गतो हाूरण्यादपि शक्रलोकं धनंजय: पश्यत वीर्यमस्य । अस्त्राणि दिव्यानि चतुर्विधानि ज्ञात्वा पुनर्लेकमिमं प्रपन्न:,“देखो, अर्जुनमें कितनी शक्ति है! वे वनसे भी इन्द्रलोकको चले गये और वहाँसे चारों प्रकारके दिव्यास्त्र सीखकर पुन: इस लोकमें लौट आये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | gato ha āraṇyād api śakralokaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ paśyata vīryam asya | astrāṇi divyāni caturvidhāni jñātvā punaḥ lokam imaṃ prapannaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: “Behold the prowess of Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna)! From the forest itself he went to Śakra’s world, and there, having mastered the fourfold classes of divine weapons, he returned again to this human realm.”

Word by Word

• gataḥ: gone
• gataḥ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam
• Form: kta (past passive participle, used actively), masculine, nominative, singular

• ha: indeed / emphatic particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha

• araṇyāt: from the forest
• araṇyāt: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: araṇya
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

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

• śakralokam: to the world of Śakra (Indra)
• śakralokam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakraloka
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• dhanaṃjayaḥ: Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna)
• dhanaṃjayaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanaṃjaya
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• paśyata: see! / behold!
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś
• Form: loṭ (imperative), second, plural, parasmaipada

• vīryam: valor / power
• vīryam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīrya
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• asya: of him / his
• asya: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (pronoun base: asmad/etad-series; here: asya)
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• astrāṇi: weapons (missiles)
• astrāṇi: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: astra
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• divyāni: divine
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• catuḥvidhāni: of four kinds
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catuḥvidha
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• jñātvā: having learned/known
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā
• Form: ktvā (absolutive/gerund), active

• punaḥ: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ

• lokam: world
• lokam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• imam: this
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• prapannaḥ: returned / reached / resorted to
• prapannaḥ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pad (with pra-)
• Form: kta (past passive participle, used actively), masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna)
• Śakra (Indra)
• Śakraloka (Indra’s world/heaven)
• divyāstras (divine weapons)