Shloka 35

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 132 — Duryodhana’s Instructions to Purocana at Vāraṇāvata

Lākṣāgṛha Planning

Devanagari script

परया श्रद्धयोपेतो योगेन परमेण च । विमोक्षादानसंधाने लघुत्वं परमाप सः,आचार्यमें उत्तम श्रद्धा रखकर उत्तम और भारी अभ्यासके बलसे उसने बाणोंके छोड़ने, लौटाने और संधान करनेमें बड़ी अच्छी फुर्ती प्राप्त कर ली

Transliteration

parayā śraddhayopeto yogena parameṇa ca | vimokṣa-dāna-sandhāne laghutvaṃ param āpa saḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Endowed with the highest faith and supported by supreme disciplined practice, he attained exceptional quickness in the arts of releasing arrows, withdrawing them, and fixing them accurately on the target—showing how reverent dedication to one’s teacher and rigorous training refine skill into mastery.

Word by Word

• परया: by supreme (excellent)
• परया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्रद्धया: by faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• उपेतः: endowed (with)
• उपेतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-इ (उपेत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• योगेन: by practice/discipline
• योगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• परमेण: by the highest
• परमेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• विमोक्ष: in releasing (letting go)
• विमोक्ष: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमोक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• आदान: in taking back/withdrawing
• आदान: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदान
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• संधाने: in aiming/fixing (on the target)
• संधाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्धान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• लघुत्वम्: lightness; agility
• लघुत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लघुत्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परम्: supreme; very great
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आप: attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• arrows (bāṇa)