Shloka 5

सूर्य–कर्णोपदेशः

Sūrya’s Counsel to Karṇa on Kīrti and the Kuṇḍala

Devanagari script

गन्धमादनवासी तु प्रथितो गन्धमादन: । कोटीशतसहस््राणि हरीणां समकर्षत,गन्धमादन पर्वतपर रहनेवाला गन्धमादन नामसे विख्यात वानर वानरोंकी दस खरब सेना साथ लेकर आया

Transliteration

Gandhamādanavāsī tu prathito Gandhamādanaḥ | koṭīśatasahasrāṇi harīṇāṃ samākarṣat |

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya said: “There was a renowned monkey named Gandhamādana, dwelling on Mount Gandhamādana. He gathered and brought together countless troops of monkeys—numbering in the hundreds of koṭis and thousands—thus swelling the strength of the vanara host.”

Word by Word

• गन्धमादनवासी: the dweller of Gandhamādana (mountain)
• गन्धमादनवासी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन-वासिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• प्रथितः: renowned, famous
• प्रथितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गन्धमादनः: Gandhamādana (name of a monkey/vanara)
• गन्धमादनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कोटीशतसहस्राणि: crores, hundreds, and thousands (in vast numbers)
• कोटीशतसहस्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि-शत-सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• हरीणाम्: of the monkeys/vanaras
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• समकर्षत्: he drew together / brought along
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√कृष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Gandhamādana (vanara)
• Gandhamādana Parvata (mountain)
• Vānara/Harī (monkey hosts)