Shloka 16

अर्जुनस्य इन्द्रकीलगमनम् तथा शक्रसाक्षात्कारः

Arjuna’s journey to Indrakīla and encounter with Indra

Devanagari script

ततः प्रयाते कौन्तेये वनं मानुषवर्जितम्‌ । शड़्खानां पटहानां च शब्द: समभवद्‌ दिवि,तदनन्तर कुन्तीनन्दन अर्जुनके उस निर्जन वनमें पहुँचते ही आकाशमें शंखों और नगाड़ोंका गम्भीर घोष गूँज उठा

Transliteration

tataḥ prayāte kaunteye vanaṁ mānuṣavarjitam | śaṅkhānāṁ paṭahānāṁ ca śabdaḥ samabhavad divi ||

Translation

Waiśampāyana berkata: “Setelah Kuntī-putra Arjuna mencapai hutan yang sunyi tanpa manusia itu, tiba-tiba terdengar di angkasa gemuruh dalam bunyi sangkakala dan genderang perang.”

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• प्रयाते: went forth, departed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु: या)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कौन्तेये: in/when the son of Kunti (Arjuna)
• कौन्तेये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वनम्: forest
• वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मानुषवर्जितम्: devoid of humans
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुष-वर्जित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शङ्खानाम्: of conches
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पटहानाम्: of kettle-drums
• Type: Noun
• Root: पटह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• शब्दः: sound, noise
• शब्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समभवत्: arose, occurred
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भू (धातु: भू)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दिवि: in the sky, in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• Kuntī
• forest (vana)
• sky/heaven (div)
• conch (śaṅkha)
• kettle-drum/war-drum (paṭaha)