Shloka 35

Drupada’s Putrakāmeṣṭi: The Sacrificial Birth of Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Kṛṣṇā

Devanagari script

बालो<पि यौवन प्राप्तो मानुषेषु विशाम्पते । सवस्त्रिषु परं वीर: प्रकर्षमगमद्‌ बली,राजन्‌! अवस्थामें बालक होनेपर भी वह मनुष्योंमें युवक-सा प्रतीत होता था। उस बलवान वीरने सम्पूर्ण अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंमें बड़ी निपुणता प्राप्त की थी

Transliteration

bālo ’pi yauvana-prāpto mānuṣeṣu viśāmpate | sarvāstreṣu paraṃ vīraḥ prakarṣam agamad balī rājān ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Though still a boy, O lord of the people, he appeared among men as one who had already reached youth. That mighty hero, O king, attained outstanding excellence in all weapons and martial disciplines.”

Word by Word

बालःa boy, child

अपिeven, although

यौवनम्youth

प्राप्तःhaving attained, having reached

मानुषेषुamong humans

विशाम्पतेO lord of the people (king)

सर्वास्त्रिषुin all weapons/missiles

परम्the highest, excellence

वीरःhero, brave man

प्रकर्षम्pre-eminence, great proficiency

अगमत्went to, attained

बलीstrong, powerful

राजन्O king

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

King (Janamejaya, implied by vocatives viśāmpate/rājān)

Weapons (astra)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes