Shloka 27

द्रोणेन दुर्योधनस्य कवचबन्धनम् — Drona’s Mantra-Bound Armor for Duryodhana

Devanagari script

एवं निकायैस्तैर्दुग्धा पयो<भीष्ट हि सा विराट्‌ यैर्वर्तयन्ति ते हााद्य पात्रैर्वत्सैशज्ष नित्यश:,सूंजय! इस प्रकार सभी प्राणियोंने बछड़ों और पात्रोंकी कल्पना करके पृथ्वीसे अपने अभीष्ट दूधका दोहन किया था, जिससे वे आजतक निरन्तर जीवन-निर्वाह करते हैं

Transliteration

evaṁ nikāyais tair dugdhā payo ’bhīṣṭaṁ hi sā virāṭ yair vartayanti te hādyapātrair vatsaiś ca nityaśaḥ, saṁjaya

Translation

Nārada said: “Thus, by those various classes of beings, that vast Earth was milked of the desired ‘milk’—each according to its own aim—by imagining suitable calves and vessels. By that provision they continue, even to this day, to sustain their lives.”

Word by Word

एवम्thus, in this manner

निकायैःby groups/assemblies

तैःby them

दुग्धाmilked (was milked)

पयःmilk

अभीष्टम्desired, wished-for

हिindeed, for

साshe/that (earth)

विराट्vast, great (the Earth)

यैःby whom/with which

वर्तयन्तिthey maintain/carry on

तेthey

आद्यैःwith original/appropriate

पात्रैःwith vessels/containers

वत्सैःwith calves

चand

नित्यशःconstantly, always

सञ्जयO Sanjaya

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Saṁjaya

Pṛthivī (Earth)

nikāyāḥ (various classes of beings)

payaḥ (milk, metaphorical nourishment)

pātra (vessel)

vatsa (calf)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes