Shloka 31

Devanagari script

तदन्तरं प्राप्य वृषो महारथो रथाड्रमुर्वीगतमुज्जिहीर्षु:

Transliteration

tadantaraṁ prāpya vṛṣo mahāratho rathāḍram urvīgatam ujjihīrṣuḥ

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Ayant trouvé cette ouverture, Vṛṣa —le grand combattant de char— s’empressa de relever le char enfoncé dans la terre, s’efforçant de retrouver sa mobilité au cœur de la mêlée.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अन्तरम्: interval; opportunity; gap
• अन्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having obtained/reached
• प्राप्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• वृषः: the bull (heroic epithet); Vr̥ṣa
• वृषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महारथः: great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रथ: chariot
• रथ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आड्रम्: wet; muddy
• आड्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आड्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उर्वीगतम्: gone into the earth; sunk into the ground
• उर्वीगतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उर्वीगत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle) from √गम् with prefix/compounding sense

• उज्जिहीर्षुः: wishing to lift out / to pull up
• उज्जिहीर्षुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + √हृ (हरति)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, इष्णु/इष्णु (desiderative participle sense: 'wishing to')

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vṛṣa (Karṇa)
• ratha (chariot)
• urvī (earth/ground)