Shloka 10

Śakuntalā’s Satya-Discourse and the Recognition of Bharata (शकुन्तला–सत्योपदेशः; भरतप्रतिग्रहः)

Devanagari script

पश्यन्तः स्त्रीगणास्तत्र वज्रपाणिं सम मेनिरे । अयं स पुरुषव्यात्रो रणे वसुपराक्रम:

Transliteration

paśyantaḥ strīgaṇās tatra vajrapāṇiṃ sama menire | ayaṃ sa puruṣavyāghro raṇe vasuparākramaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: There, as they watched, the gathered women took him to be like Vajrapāṇi (Indra, wielder of the thunderbolt). “This is that tiger among men,” they thought—one whose prowess in battle is as formidable as that of the Vasus—thus expressing awe at heroic strength and the martial ideal celebrated in the epic’s narrative world.

Word by Word

• पश्यन्तः: seeing
• पश्यन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत् (√पश्)
• Form: वर्तमान (शतृ), पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• स्त्रीगणाः: groups of women
• स्त्रीगणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्रीगण
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• वज्रपाणिम्: Vajrapāṇi (Indra; 'he whose hand holds the thunderbolt')
• वज्रपाणिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रपाणि
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सम्: indeed / altogether (intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• मेनिरे: they thought / considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन्
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, बहुवचन

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पुरुषव्याघ्रः: tiger among men / best of men
• पुरुषव्याघ्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: पुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• वसुपराक्रमः: one whose prowess is like that of the Vasus / having Vasu-like valor
• वसुपराक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुपराक्रम
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• strīgaṇa (womenfolk)
• Vajrapāṇi (Indra)
• Vasus