Shloka 20
Devanagari script
किमु मानुषमात्रेण शक््य: स्यात् प्रतिवीक्षितुम् | दृढ्मुष्टि: कृती नित्यमस्यमानो दिवानिशम्,फिर कोई मनुष्यमात्र तो उसकी ओर देख ही कैसे सकता था? उसकी मुट्ठी मजबूत थी। वह अस्त्र-विद्याका विद्वानू था और सदा दिन-रात बाण चलानेका अभ्यास करता था
Transliteration
kimu mānuṣamātreṇa śakyaḥ syāt prativīkṣitum | dṛḍhamuṣṭiḥ kṛtī nityam asyamāno divāniśam |
Translation
How could any mere human even manage to look straight at him? His grip was firm, his skill consummate; and day and night he was ever practicing the discharge of arrows—an image of relentless martial discipline that makes ordinary courage and capacity seem inadequate before such trained force.
Word by Word
किम्how/what then
किम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम्
उindeed/then (emphatic particle)
उ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ
मानुष-मात्रेणby a mere human
मानुष-मात्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमानुषमात्र
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
शक्यःpossible/able (to be done)
शक्यः:
TypeAdjective
Rootशक्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्यात्would be
स्यात्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
प्रतिवीक्षितुम्to look at/observe (in return, directly)
प्रतिवीक्षितुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-वीक्ष्
FormInfinitive (Tumun)
दृढ-मुष्टिःone with a firm fist
दृढ-मुष्टिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदृढमुष्टि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कृतीskilled/competent
कृती:
TypeAdjective
Rootकृतिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य
अस्यमानःshooting (arrows)
अस्यमानः:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (अस्यति)
FormPresent active participle (Shatr), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
दिवा-निशम्day and night
दिवा-निशम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदिवानिशम्
Speaker
श्रीवायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyudeva (speaker)A
arrows (bāṇa)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes