Shloka 5

प्रावृट्-शरत्-वर्णनम् — Description of the Monsoon and Autumn; Sarasvatī in the Pāṇḍavas’ Exile

Devanagari script

यदृच्छया धनुष्पाणिरबद्धखड्‌गो वृकोदर: ददर्श तद्‌ वन रम्यं देवगन्धर्वसेवितम्‌,भीमसेन तलवार बाँधकर हाथमें धनुष लिये अकस्मात्‌ घूमने निकल जाते और देवताओं तथा गन्धर्वोंसे सेवित उस रमणीय वनकी शोभा निहारते थे

Transliteration

yadṛcchayā dhanuṣpāṇir abaddhakhaḍgo vṛkodaraḥ | dadarśa tad vana ramyaṃ devagandharvasevitam ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Pada suatu ketika, Vṛkodara (Bhima), dengan busur di tangan dan pedang belum terikat, berjalan tanpa tujuan dan melihat hutan yang elok itu—yang kerap didatangi para dewa dan Gandharva.”

Word by Word

• यदृच्छया: by chance, accidentally
• यदृच्छया: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदृच्छा
• Form: Avyaya (instrumental sense: 'by chance')

• धनुष्पाणिः: one having a bow in hand (bow-armed)
• धनुष्पाणिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुष्पाणि
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• अबद्धखड्गः: one whose sword is unfastened/unbound
• अबद्धखड्गः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अबद्धखड्ग
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• वृकोदरः: Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
• वृकोदरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृकोदर
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• ददर्श: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (liṭ), 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• वनम्: forest
• वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• रम्यम्: charming, delightful
• रम्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• देवगन्धर्वसेवितम्: frequented/served by gods and gandharvas
• देवगन्धर्वसेवितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवगन्धर्वसेवित
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular; past passive participle (क्त) of √सेव् with upapada-compound देवगन्धर्व

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
• forest (vana)
• bow (dhanuṣ)
• sword (khaḍga)
• Devas
• Gandharvas