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Shloka 41

Adhyāya 168: Arjuna’s counters to māyā-rains and the onset of darkness

Nivātakavaca engagement

ततः प्रहस्य तद्‌ भूतं तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । सह स्त्रीभिर्महाराज पश्यतो मे<द्भधुतोपमम्‌,पहले मुक्कों और थप्पड़ोंसे मैंने उससे टक्कर लेनेकी चेष्टाकी, परंतु उसपर मेरा कोई वश नहीं चला और मैं निश्वेष्ट होकर पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ा। महाराज! तब वह अलौकिक प्राणी हँसकर मेरे देखते-देखते स्त्रियोंसहित वहीं अन्तर्धान हो गया

tataḥ prahasya tad bhūtaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata | saha strībhiḥ mahārāja paśyato me adbhutopamam ||

Entonces aquel ser extraño se echó a reír y, mientras yo lo miraba, desapareció en el mismo lugar—junto con las mujeres, oh gran rey.

ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
प्रहस्यhaving laughed
प्रहस्य:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-हस् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having laughed’
तत्that
तत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
भूतम्being, creature
भूतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
एवindeed, just
एव:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय
अन्तर्धीयतvanished, disappeared
अन्तर्धीयत:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअन्तर्धा + धा (धातु)
Formलङ् (imperfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
सहtogether with
सह:
Karana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)
Formअव्यय (सह + तृतीया)
स्त्रीभिःwith women
स्त्रीभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन
पश्यतःwhile (I) was watching; of (me) watching
पश्यतः:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootपश्यत् (√पश् धातोः शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन (present active participle used as genitive: ‘of me who was seeing’)
मेmy / to me
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/चतुर्थी, एकवचन (enclitic)

अजुन उवाच

A
Arjuna (speaker)
M
Mahārāja (addressed king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in context)
B
bhūta (a supernatural being/creature)
S
striyaḥ (women)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the need for humility and discernment: not everything can be subdued by strength or impulse, and one should recognize when an event lies beyond ordinary control, responding with restraint rather than pride.

Arjuna reports that a wondrous, uncanny being laughed and vanished on the spot along with the women, disappearing before his very eyes, emphasizing the extraordinary nature of the encounter.