Shloka 1763

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 107: Karṇa–Bhīma Saṃmarda

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Devanagari script

यथा स्कन्दस्य राजेन्द्र मयूरेण विराजता । राजेन्द्र! जैसे स्वामी स्कन्दका रथ सुन्दर मयूर-चिह्लसे शोभित होता है, उसी प्रकार महामना वृषसेनका रथ उस मयूरचिह्लसे शोभा पा रहा था

Transliteration

yathā skandasya rājendra mayūreṇa virājatā |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O king, just as the chariot of Lord Skanda shines adorned with the peacock emblem, so too does the chariot of the high-minded Vṛṣasena gleam, beautified by that same peacock insignia.”

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• स्कन्दस्य: of Skanda
• स्कन्दस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मयूरेण: by/with a peacock (emblem)
• मयूरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मयूर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• विराजता: shining/being splendid
• विराजता: Karana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-राज्
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• rājendra (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as the addressed king)
• Skanda (Kārttikeya)
• Vṛṣasena
• chariot
• peacock emblem (mayūra-cihna)