Shloka 31

अभिमन्यु–अलम्बुसयुद्धम् / The Duel of Abhimanyu and Alambusa

with Arjuna’s approach to Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

यथा शक्रो महाराज पुरा विव्याध दानवम्‌ । विप्रचित्तिं दुराधर्ष देवतानां भयंकरम्‌

Transliteration

yathā śakro mahārāja purā vivyādha dānavam | vipracittiṃ durādharṣaṃ devatānāṃ bhayaṅkaram ||

Translation

Sanjaya berkata: “Wahai Raja, sebagaimana dahulu kala Śakra (Indra) menombak Dānawa Vipracitti—yang sukar diserang dan menjadi kengerian para dewa—demikian pula hantaman itu dilepaskan.”

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुरा: formerly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• विव्याध: pierced, struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दानवम्: a demon (Dānava)
• दानवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विप्रचित्तिम्: Vipracitti (name of an Asura)
• विप्रचित्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रचित्ति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दुराधर्षम्: hard to assail, invincible
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुराधर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• देवतानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• भयंकरम्: terrifying
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयंकर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śakra (Indra)
• Vipracitti
• Dānava
• Devatāḥ (the gods)
• Mahārāja (the king, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra)