Shloka 13

Dvārakā’s Distress and the Saubha Engagement (द्वारकाव्यग्रता तथा सौभयुद्धम्)

Devanagari script

उपायायाद्य शाल्वेन द्वारकां वृष्णिनन्दन । विषक्ते त्वयि दुर्धर्ष हतः शूरसुतो बलात्‌,“दुर्धर्ष वृष्णिनन्दन! आपके युद्धमें आसक्त होनेपर शाल्वने अभी द्वारकापुरीमें आकर शूरनन्दन वसुदेवजीको बलपूर्वक मार डाला है

Transliteration

upāyādyāś śālvena dvārakāṁ vṛṣṇinandana | viṣakte tvayi durdharṣa hataḥ śūrasuto balāt ||

Translation

Vāyu berkata: “Wahai keturunan Vṛṣṇi yang tak terkalahkan! Ketika engkau tenggelam dalam peperangan, Śālva kini datang ke Dvārakā dan dengan paksa membunuh putra Śūra (Vasudeva).”

Word by Word

• upāyāt: came/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa√yā (yā)
• Form: Luṅ (Aorist), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• ādya: just now/at this time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ādya

• śālvena: by Śālva
• śālvena: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: śālva
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• dvārakām: Dvārakā (city)
• dvārakām: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvārakā
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• vṛṣṇi-nandana: O delight of the Vṛṣṇis
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣṇi-nandana
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• viṣakte: when (you are) attached/engaged
• viṣakte: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi√sañj (sañj) + vi (upasarga)
• Form: kta (past passive participle), masculine, locative, singular

• tvayi: in/with you
• tvayi: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad
• Form: masculine/feminine/neuter, locative, singular

• durdharṣa: O unassailable one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durdharṣa
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• hataḥ: was slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: han
• Form: kta (past passive participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• śūra-sutaḥ: the son of Śūra (Vasudeva)
• śūra-sutaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūra-suta
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• balāt: by force/forcibly
• balāt: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Śālva
• Dvārakā
• Vṛṣṇis
• Vṛṣṇinandana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Śūra
• Śūrasuta (Vasudeva)