Shloka 27

Virāṭa’s Mobilization to Recover the Cattle (गोधनरक्षणार्थ विराटस्य सैन्यसमायोजनम्)

Devanagari script

अपरे दिवसे सर्वे राजन्‌ सम्भूय कौरवा: । अष्टम्यां ते न्यगृह्लन्त गोकुलानि सहस्रश:,राजन! फिर दूसरे दिन अष्टमीको दूसरी ओरसे सब कौरवोंने मिलकर धावा किया और गौओंके सहस्रों झुंडोपर अधिकार जमा लिया

Transliteration

apare divase sarve rājan sambhūya kauravāḥ | aṣṭamyāṃ te nyagṛhṇanta gokulāni sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

Waiśampāyana berkata: “Keesokan harinya, wahai Raja, semua Kaurava berkumpul; pada hari bulan kedelapan mereka menyerbu permukiman para gembala (gokula) dan merampas ternak—menawan sapi dalam jumlah ribuan.”

Word by Word

• अपरे: on the next (day)
• अपरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• दिवसे: day
• दिवसे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सम्भूय: having assembled / having come together
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भू
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• कौरवाः: the Kauravas
• कौरवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अष्टम्याम्: on the eighth (day/tithi)
• अष्टम्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टमी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न्यगृह्लन्त: they seized / took possession of
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-ग्रह्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• गोकुलानि: cow-herds / cattle-pens / herds of cows
• गोकुलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोकुल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• सहस्रशः: by thousands / in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Kauravas
• gokula (cowherd settlements/cattle-stations)
• Aṣṭamī (eighth lunar day)