Shloka 21

मुद्गलोपाख्यानम् — व्रीहिद्रोणदानं, दुर्वाससः परीक्षा, स्वर्गगुणप्रश्नः

Mudgala Episode: Rice-measure Charity, Durvāsas’ Test, Inquiry on Heaven

Devanagari script

हाथमें गदा लिये बड़े वेगसे युद्धके लिये आते हुए चित्रसेनकी उस गदाके, जो सब-की- सब लोहेकी बनी हुई थी, अर्जुनने अपने बाणोंद्वारा सात टुकड़े कर दिये

Transliteration

hastamēṁ gadā liye baṛe vēgase yuddha ke liye ātē huē citrasēna kī us gadā ke, yō sab-kī-sab lōhē kī banī huī thī, arjun nē apnē bāṇōṁ dvārā sāt ṭukṛē kara diyē.

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: As Citrasena rushed forward at great speed for battle, mace in hand—an all-iron weapon—Arjuna, with his arrows, shattered that mace into seven pieces.

Word by Word

• हस्ते: in (his) hand
• हस्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गदाम्: mace
• गदाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गृहीत्वा: having taken/holding
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• महावेगेन: with great speed
• महावेगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महावेग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• युद्धाय: for battle
• युद्धाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• आगच्छन्तम्: coming/approaching
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चित्रसेनस्य: of Chitrasena
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रसेन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तस्य: of that (his)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• गदायाः: of the mace
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• या: which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वा: entire/wholly
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• लौही: made of iron
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लौह
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वबाणैः: with his arrows
• स्वबाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वबाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सप्तधा: into seven parts
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्तधा

• चकर्त: cut/made (into pieces)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Citrasena
• Arjuna
• gadā (mace)
• bāṇa (arrows)
• loha (iron)