Shloka 21

अग्निभय-प्रसङ्गे मन्दपालस्य शोकः

Mandapāla’s Lament amid the Threat of Fire

Devanagari script

जग्राह बलमास्थाय ज्यया च युयुजे धनु: । मौर्व्या तु योज्यमानायां बलिना पाण्डवेन ह

Transliteration

jagrāha balam āsthāya jyayā ca yuyuje dhanuḥ | maurvyā tu yojyamānāyāṃ balinā pāṇḍavena ha

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Relying on his strength, the mighty Pāṇḍava took up the bow and fitted it with the bowstring. And as he set the bowstring in place, he did so with powerful effort—signaling resolve, readiness, and disciplined control rather than mere display of force.

Word by Word

• जग्राह: seized, took
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), perfect (past), 3, singular

• बलम्: strength, force
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आस्थाय: having resorted to / relying on
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active, prior action to main verb

• ज्यया: with the bowstring
• ज्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्या
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

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

• युयुजे: yoked, fitted, strung
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: लिट् (आत्मनेपद), perfect (past), 3, singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• मौर्व्याः: of the bowstring (mauर्वी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौर्वी
• Form: feminine, genitive, singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• योज्यमानायाम्: while being fitted/strung
• योज्यमानायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: शानच् (present passive participle), feminine, locative, singular

• बलिना: by the strong one
• बलिना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन्
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• पाण्डवेन: by the Pandava
• पाण्डवेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍava
• dhanuḥ (bow)
• jyā/maurvī (bowstring)