Shloka 5

मुद्गलोपाख्यानम् — व्रीहिद्रोणदानं, दुर्वाससः परीक्षा, स्वर्गगुणप्रश्नः

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

Devanagari script

ते कीर्यमाणा: खगमा: शरवर्षै: समन्तत: । न शेकुः पाण्डुपुत्राणां समीपे परिवर्तितुम्‌,सब ओरसे बाणोंकी वर्षाका लक्ष्य होनेके कारण वे आकाशचारी गन्धर्व पाण्डवोंके समीप जानेका साहस न कर सके

Transliteration

te kīryamāṇāḥ khagamāḥ śaravarṣaiḥ samantataḥ | na śekuḥ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ samīpe parivartitum ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Those sky-ranging Gandharvas, struck on all sides by a rain of arrows, could not summon the courage to wheel about or come near the sons of Pāṇḍu.

Word by Word

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

• कीर्यमाणाः: being showered/being pelted
• कीर्यमाणाः: Karta
• Type: Participle
• Root: कॄ (कीर्यते) / कृ (किर्) (to scatter, to shower)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Passive, Present, Present Passive Participle (शानच्)

• खगमाः: sky-goers (birds; here: Gandharvas)
• खगमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: खगम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शरवर्षैः: by showers of arrows
• शरवर्षैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर-वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides, all around
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• शेकुः: were able
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डुपुत्राणाम्: of the sons of Pandu (the Pandavas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु-पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• समीपे: near, in the vicinity
• समीपे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समीप
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• परिवर्तितुम्: to move about/turn around (to approach and maneuver)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-वृत्
• Form: Infinitive (तुमुन्)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍuputrāḥ (Pāṇḍavāḥ)
• Gandharvāḥ (khagamāḥ)
• śarāḥ (arrows)