Shloka 8

Sagara’s Aśvamedha Horse Lost; The Sixty-Thousand Sons Begin the Subterranean Search

Kapila Introduced

Devanagari script

ते वध्यमानास्त्रिदशैर्महात्मभि- महाबलैवेंगिभिरुन्नदद्धि: । न सेहिरे वेगवतां महात्मनां वेगं तदा धारयितुं दिवौकसाम्‌,महान्‌ बलवान्‌ वेगशाली और महाबुद्धिमान्‌ देवता जब सिंहगर्जना करते हुए दैत्योंको मारने लगे उस समय वे उन वेगवान्‌ महामना देवताओंका वेग न सह सके

Translation

Ketika para dewa yang berhati agung—perkasa, cepat, dan mengaum dahsyat—mulai membantai para Daitiya, mereka tak sanggup menahan kedahsyatan laju serangan para penghuni surga itu.

Word by Word

तेthey (those)

वध्यमानाःbeing slain

त्रिदशैःby the gods (thirty-three)

महात्मभिःby the great-souled

महाबलैःby the very mighty

वेगिभिःby the swift/impetuous

उन्नदद्भिःroaring loudly

नnot

सेहिरेthey endured/bore

वेगवताम्of the swift/impetuous

महात्मनाम्of the great-souled

वेगम्impetus/force

तदाthen

धारयितुम्to hold/bear

दिवौकसाम्of the heaven-dwellers (gods)

Speaker

लोगश उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes