Shloka 23

कुन्तीगर्भगोपनम् तथा मञ्जूषाप्रवाहः

Kuntī’s concealed childbirth and the river-borne casket

Devanagari script

सहस्रायुतशो रामे शस्त्राणि विविधानि च । ततो भुशुण्डी: शूलानि मुसलानि परश्वधान्‌

Transliteration

sahasrāyutaśo rāme śastrāṇi vividhāni ca | tato bhuśuṇḍīḥ śūlāni musalāni paraśvadhān |

Translation

राम की ओर सहस्रों-लाखों की संख्या में नाना प्रकार के शस्त्र चले। फिर भुशुण्डियाँ, शूल, मुसल और परशु भी बरसने लगे।

Word by Word

• सहस्रायुतशः: by thousands and tens of thousands; in countless numbers
• सहस्रायुतशः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्र + अयुत
• Form: Avyaya (adverbial)

• रामे: in/at Rama
• रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शस्त्राणि: weapons
• शस्त्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• विविधानि: various, diverse
• विविधानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya

• भुशुण्डीः: bhuṣuṇḍīs (a kind of missile/weapon)
• भुशुण्डीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुशुण्डी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• शूलानि: spears, pikes
• शूलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• मुसलानि: clubs, maces
• मुसलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुसल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• परश्वधान्: battle-axes
• परश्वधान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परश्वध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Rāma
• śastra (weapons)
• bhuśuṇḍī
• śūla
• musala
• paraśvadha