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Shloka 28

Vāraṇāvata-prasaṃsā and the Pāṇḍavas’ Departure (वरणावत-प्रशंसा तथा पाण्डव-प्रयाणम्)

Devanagari script

अस्या वीर्य निरीक्षध्वं यदन्यस्य न विद्यते । भेत्स्यामीषीकया वीटां तामिषीकां तथान्यया,तुमलोग इसका बल देखो, जो दूसरेमें नहीं है। मैं पहले एक सींकसे उस गुल्लीको बींध दूँगा; फिर दूसरी सींकसे उस पहली सींकको बींधूँगा

Transliteration

asyā vīryaṃ nirīkṣadhvaṃ yad anyasya na vidyate | bhetsyāmīṣīkayā vīṭāṃ tām īṣīkāṃ tathānyayā ||

Translation

Droṇa dijo: «Observad su destreza—como no se halla en otro. Con una sola caña atravesaré el blanco; y luego, con otra caña, atravesaré esa primera caña».

Word by Word

अस्याःof this (woman/one)

वीर्यम्strength, prowess

निरीक्षध्वम्look at, observe

यत्which (that)

अन्यस्यof another

नnot

विद्यतेexists, is found

भेत्स्यामिI will pierce

ईषीकयाwith a reed/straw (splinter)

वीटाम्a pellet/ball (target)

ताम्that (it)

ईषीकाम्the reed/straw (the first one)

तथाthus, likewise

अन्ययाwith another (one)

Speaker

द्रोण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Droṇa

īṣīkā (reed/thin stick)

vīṭā (target/mark)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes