Shloka 34

Adhyāya 36: Ghora-yuddha-varṇanam

A Clinical Description of the Intensified Engagement

Devanagari script

यदुसदनमुपेन्द्रपालितं त्रिदशमिवामरराजरक्षितम्‌ | प्रसभमतिविलोड्‌्य को हरेत्‌ पुरुषवरावरजामृते<र्जुनात्‌

Transliteration

yadu-sadanam upendra-pālitaṁ tridaśam ivāmara-rāja-rakṣitam | prasabham ati-viloḍya ko haret puruṣa-vara-avarajām ṛte 'rjunāt ||

Translation

Śalya dit : «Qui, sinon Arjuna—le cadet du meilleur des hommes—pourrait, de force, prendre d’assaut et piller de fond en comble la citadelle des Yadu, gardée par Upendra (Viṣṇu) et protégée tel le ciel lui-même sous la garde du roi des dieux ?»

Word by Word

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यदु-सदनम्: the abode of the Yadus (Dvaraka)
• यदु-सदनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उपेन्द्र-पालितम्: protected by Upendra (Vishnu/Krishna)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पालित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिदशम्: the gods (lit. thirty)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अमर-राज-रक्षितम्: guarded by the king of the immortals (Indra)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्षित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• प्रसभम्: forcibly, violently
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रसभम्

• अति-विलोड्य: having excessively plundered/overturned
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि-लुड्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund)

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हरेत्: could take away / would seize
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: Vidhi-linga (optative), Present-system, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुरुष-वर-अवरजाम्: the younger sister of the best of men (Arjuna)
• पुरुष-वर-अवरजाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवरजा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ऋते: without, except (with ablative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऋते

• अर्जुनात्: from Arjuna
• अर्जुनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Yadus (Yādavas)
• Upendra (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• Indra (Amararāja)
• Arjuna