Shloka 24

प्राग्ज्योतिषे वज्रदत्त-धनंजय-समागमः

Vajradatta Confronts Dhanaṃjaya at Prāgjyotiṣa

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ निपतिते दिव्ये महाधनुषि पार्थिव: । जहास सस्वनं हासं धृतवर्मा महाहवे,उस दिव्य महाधनुषके गिर जानेपर महासमरमें खड़ा हुआ धृतवर्मा ठहाका मारकर जोर-जोरसे हँसने लगा

Transliteration

tasmin nipatite divye mahādhanuṣi pārthivaḥ | jahāsa sasvanaṃ hāsaṃ dhṛtavarmā mahāhave ||

Translation

When that celestial, mighty bow fell to the ground, Dhṛtavarmā—standing amid the great battle—burst into loud, ringing laughter. The moment underscores the hardening of hearts in war: even a sacred weapon’s fall becomes an occasion for derision, revealing how pride and cruelty can eclipse reverence and restraint.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (situation/place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निपतिते: having fallen / when (it) had fallen
• निपतिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Participle
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• दिव्ये: divine
• दिव्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महाधनुषि: in the great bow
• महाधनुषि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाधनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पार्थिवः: the king
• पार्थिवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जहास: laughed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हस्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सस्वनम्: with sound / resounding
• सस्वनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सस्वन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हासम्: laughter
• हासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धृतवर्मा: Dhṛtavarmā (proper name)
• धृतवर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाहवे: in the great battle
• महाहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Dhṛtavarmā
• divya mahādhanuṣ (celestial great bow)