Shloka 163

यज्ञवाटवैभववर्णनम् / Description of the Splendour of the Sacrificial Enclosure

Devanagari script

आगच्छति नरव्याप्रे कौरवाणां धुरंधरे । तदनन्तर दूसरे दिन कौरव-धुरंधर नरव्यात्र अर्जुके आते समय नगरमें महान्‌ कोलाहल बढ़ गया

Transliteration

āgacchati naravyāghre kauravāṇāṃ dhuraṃdhare |

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O tiger among men, the foremost bearer of the Kauravas’ burden is approaching.” In the wake of his arrival, the city is stirred into loud commotion—an outward sign of how the return of a renowned warrior reshapes public mood and political atmosphere.

Word by Word

• आगच्छति: comes, approaches
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√गम् (गच्छ्)
• Form: Lat (present), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• नरव्याप्रे: O tiger among men (O best of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरव्याघ्र
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• कौरवाणाम्: of the Kauravas
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• धुरंधरे: in/among the foremost bearers of the burden; in the champion
• धुरंधरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धुरंधर
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

Speaker

युधिष्ठिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kauravas
• a leading Kaurava champion (dhuraṃdhara)
• city (nagara, implied by the prose gloss)