Shloka 56

Adhiratha-Rādhā Discover the Casket; Vasuṣeṇa (Karṇa) is Adopted and Formed

Devanagari script

गतेषु वानरेन्द्रेषु गोपुच्छक्षेषु तेषु च

Transliteration

gateṣu vānareṣv indreṣu gopucchakṣeṣu teṣu ca

Translation

Markandeya said: “When those lordly monkeys had departed—and those bearing the emblem of the cow’s tail as their sign had also gone—…”

Word by Word

• गतेषु: when (they) had gone / in the departed (ones)
• गतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (√गम्)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• वानरेन्द्रेषु: among the monkey-lords
• वानरेन्द्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानरेन्द्र (वानर + इन्द्र)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• गोपुच्छक्षेषु: among the cow-tailed (ones)
• गोपुच्छक्षेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोपुच्छक्ष (गो + पुच्छ + अक्ष)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• तेषु: among them / in those
• तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Markandeya
• vanara-chiefs (monkey leaders)
• gopuccha (cow’s tail emblem/standard)