Shloka 24

Duryodhana-śibira-praveśaḥ — The Pāṇḍavas Enter the Kaurava Camp; The Burning of Arjuna’s Chariot

Devanagari script

अमर्षवशमापतन्न उदतिष्ठद्‌ विशाम्पते । स्फिग्देशेनोपविष्ट: स दोर्भ्या विष्टभ्य मेदिनीम्‌

Transliteration

amarṣavaśam āpatann na udatiṣṭhad viśāmpate | sphigdeśenopaviṣṭaḥ sa dorbhyāṃ viṣṭabhya medinīm ||

Translation

संजय बोले—असह्य क्रोध के वशीभूत होकर प्रजापति (राजा) उठ न सका। वह चूतड़ों के बल बैठ गया और दोनों भुजाओं से पृथ्वी का सहारा लेकर टिक गया।

Word by Word

• अमर्ष-वशम्: under the sway of anger/indignation
• अमर्ष-वशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर्ष + वश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आपतत्: fell into / came under
• आपतत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• उदतिष्ठत्: stood up / rose
• उदतिष्ठत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• विशाम्: of the people/subjects
• विशाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• पते: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्फिग्-देशेन: with the hip-region (i.e., on his haunches)
• स्फिग्-देशेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्फिग् + देश
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• उपविष्टः: seated
• उपविष्टः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-विश्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दोर्भ्याम्: with (his) two arms
• दोर्भ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोर्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Dual

• विष्टभ्य: having propped/supporting
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तभ्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• मेदिनीम्: the earth/ground
• मेदिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• viśāmpati (a king/lord of the people)
• medinī (earth)