Shloka 37

Duryodhana’s Śaraṇāgati and the Pāṇḍavas’ Resolve

Gandharva Encounter

Devanagari script

यमस्य पृष्ठतश्चैव घोरस्त्रेशिखर: शित:

Transliteration

yamasya pṛṣṭhataś caiva ghorāstreśikharaḥ śitaḥ

Translation

और यम के पीछे एक तीक्ष्ण, भयानक शस्त्र खड़ा था—उसकी नोक ज्वालामय शिखर-सी थी।

Word by Word

• यमस्य: of Yama
• यमस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पृष्ठतः: from behind, at the back
• पृष्ठतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृष्ठ
• Form: Adverb (ablatival in sense)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Conjunction

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Particle

• घोर: terrible, dreadful
• घोर: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्त्र-शिखरः: weapon-point / spearhead (lit. 'weapon-peak')
• अस्त्र-शिखरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्रशिखर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शितः: sharp, whetted
• शितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past participle (kta), from √शि (to sharpen)

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Yama
• astra (weapon)