Shloka 423

Devanagari script

भयादू रणं परित्यज्य शक्रमेवाभिशिश्रियु: । बहुत-से देवता बार-बार प्रयत्न करनेपर भी कभी सफलमनोरथ न हो सके। उनकी आशा टूट गयी और वे भयके मारे युद्ध छोड़कर इन्द्रकी ही शरणमें चले गये

Transliteration

bhayād raṇaṃ parityajya śakram evābhiśiśriyuḥ |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Overcome by fear, they abandoned the battlefield and sought refuge in Śakra (Indra) alone. Though many deities had repeatedly exerted themselves, they could not accomplish their aim; their hopes were shattered, and in terror they withdrew from the fight and took shelter with Indra.

Word by Word

• भयात्: from fear / out of fear
• भयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• रणम्: battle, war
• रणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned / leaving behind
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• शक्रम्: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed, just, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अभिशिश्रियुः: they took refuge (in) / they resorted to
• अभिशिश्रियुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-श्रि
• Form: Liṭ (Perfect), Parasmaipada, Third, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Śakra (Indra)
• devatāḥ (the gods/deities)
• raṇa (battlefield)