Shloka 15

Lokapāla-samāgamaḥ—Arjuna Receives Astras from the World-Guardians

Book 3, Chapter 42

Devanagari script

अजुन उवाच मातले गच्छ शीघ्रं त्वमारोहस्व रथोत्तमम्‌ | राजसूयाश्दमेधानां शतैरपि सुदुर्लभम्‌

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca mātale gaccha śīghraṁ tvam ārohasva rathottamam | rājasūyāśvamedhānāṁ śatair api sudurlabham ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “Mātali, go quickly. Mount this excellent chariot. Even hundreds of Rājasūya and Aśvamedha sacrifices are exceedingly hard to obtain (in merit and reward).”

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मातले: O Mātali
• मातले: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातलि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• आरोहस्व: mount (for yourself), ascend
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• रथ-उत्तमम्: the best chariot
• रथ-उत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथोत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राजसूय-अश्वमेधानाम्: of the Rājasūya and Aśvamedha (sacrifices)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूयाश्वमेध
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• शतैः: by hundreds
• शतैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अपि: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सुदुर्लभम्: very hard to obtain
• सुदुर्लभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदुर्लभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Mātali
• chariot (ratha)
• Rājasūya sacrifice
• Aśvamedha sacrifice