Shloka 273

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

वसन्तकाले सुमहान्‌ प्रफुल्ल इव किंशुक: । महाराज! उस समय अत्यन्त घायल हुआ आपका पुत्र वसन्त-ऋतुमें खिले हुए महान्‌ पलाश वृक्षके समान अत्यन्त सुशोभित हो रहा था

Transliteration

vasantakāle sumahān praphulla iva kiṁśukaḥ | mahārāja! tadā atyanta-ghāyalo bhavataḥ putro vasantar̥tau khile hue mahān palāśa-vṛkṣa-samānaḥ atyanta suśobhitaḥ babhūva |

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Wahai raja agung, pada saat itu putramu—meski terluka parah—tampak cemerlang bagaikan pohon kiṁśuka (palāśa) yang besar, mekar penuh di musim semi.

Word by Word

• वसन्तकाले: in the spring season
• वसन्तकाले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसन्त-काल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सुमहान्: very great
• सुमहान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रफुल्लः: fully blossomed
• प्रफुल्लः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रफुल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• किंशुकः: the kiṃśuka tree (palāśa)
• किंशुकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंशुक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhritarashtra
• your son (Duryodhana, implied by context)
• Kiṁśuka/Palāśa tree
• Spring season (Vasanta)