Shloka 9

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

Devanagari script

अभीषु हस्तं त॑ं दृष्टवा सीदन्तं सारथिं रणे | अस्तम्भयं महाबाहो शाल्वबाणप्रपीडितम्‌,महाबाहो! उस युद्धमें हाथमें बागडोर लिये सारथिको शाल्वके बाणोंसे पीड़ित होकर वष्ट पाते देख मैंने उसे ढाढ़स बँधाया

Transliteration

abhīṣu-hastaṁ taṁ dṛṣṭvā sīdantaṁ sārathiṁ raṇe | astambhayaṁ mahābāho śālva-bāṇa-prapīḍitam ||

Translation

Vāyu berkata: “Wahai yang berlengan perkasa, di medan perang kulihat kusir itu—tangannya masih menggenggam tali kekang—tenggelam semangatnya, dihimpit panah-panah Śālva. Maka kuteguhkan ia dan kukembalikan keberaniannya.”

Word by Word

• अभीषु: in/at the reins
• अभीषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभीषु
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• हस्तम्: hand
• हस्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• सीदन्तम्: sinking/faltering
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सारथिम्: charioteer
• सारथिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• अस्तम्भयम्: I steadied/encouraged
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तम्भ्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada, true

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शाल्वबाणप्रपीडितम्: tormented by Śālva's arrows
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाल्व-बाण-प्रपीडित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Wind-god)
• Śālva
• sārathi (charioteer)
• abhīṣu (reins)
• bāṇa (arrows)
• raṇa (battlefield)