Shloka 19

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 95 — Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and the Routing of Allied Contingents

Devanagari script

प्रत्याश्वस्तस्तु बीभत्सु: शनकैरिव भारत । प्रेतराजपुरं प्राप्प पुन: प्रत्यागतो यथा,भारत! फिर अर्जुन धीरे-धीरे सचेत हुए, मानो यमराजके नगरमें पहुँचकर पुनः वहाँसे लौटे हों

Transliteration

pratyāśvastas tu bībhatsuḥ śanakair iva bhārata | pretarājapuraṃ prāpya punaḥ pratyāgato yathā ||

Translation

Wahai Bhārata, Bībhatsu (Arjuna) perlahan-lahan pulih dan kembali sadar—laksana seseorang yang telah mencapai kota Yama, raja arwah, lalu kembali lagi.

Word by Word

• प्रत्याश्वस्तः: having regained consciousness / revived
• प्रत्याश्वस्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रति-आ-श्वस् (धातु) → प्रत्याश्वस्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• बीभत्सुः: Bībhatsu (Arjuna)
• बीभत्सुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीभत्सु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शनकैः: slowly, little by little
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनकैः (अव्यय-प्रयोग; शनकैरिति रूपम्)

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रेतराजपुरम्: the city of the lord of the dead (Yama)
• प्रेतराजपुरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेतराज-पुर (समास)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्य (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• प्रत्यागतः: returned
• प्रत्यागतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-आ-गम् (धातु) → प्रत्यागत (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Bībhatsu)
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• Yama (Preta-rāja)
• Preta-rāja-pura (Yama’s city/realm)