Shloka 40

Vṛtra’s Cosmic Threat, Viṣṇu’s Upāya, and the Conditional Vulnerability

Udyoga-parva 10

Devanagari script

वितिमिरा5भवन्‌ | प्रववी च शिवो वायु: प्रजाश्न जहृषुस्तथा,वृत्रासुरके मारे जानेपर सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंका अन्धकार दूर हो गया, शीतल-सुखद वायु चलने लगी और सम्पूर्ण प्रजामें हर्ष छा गया

Transliteration

vitimirā abhavan | pravavau ca śivo vāyuḥ prajāś ca jahṛṣuḥ tathā | vṛtrāsura-vadhe jāte sarvāsu diśāsv andhakāraḥ apāgamat, śītalaḥ sukhadaś ca vāyuḥ pravavau, samastāsu prajāsu ca harṣaḥ samajāyata |

Translation

Śalya dit : « Les directions furent délivrées des ténèbres. Un vent bienfaisant et de bon augure se mit à souffler, et le peuple tout entier se réjouit. »

Word by Word

• वितिमिराः: free from darkness / cleared of darkness
• वितिमिराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वितिमिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभवन्: became / were
• अभवन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• प्रववौ: blew
• प्रववौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शिवः: auspicious / pleasant
• शिवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वायुः: wind
• वायुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रजाः: the people / subjects
• प्रजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• जहृषुः: rejoiced
• जहृषुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृष्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• तथा: so / likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Vṛtrāsura
• the directions/quarters (diśaḥ)
• wind (vāyu)