Shloka 21

Saubha-ākhyāna: Śālva’s Approach and the Fortification of Dvārakā (सौभाख्यानम्—द्वारकायाः सुरक्षाविधानम्)

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ विनिहते वीरे गदानुन्ने महासुरे । प्रविश्य महतीं सेनां योधयामास मे सुत:,गदासे घायल हुए उस वीर महादैत्यके मारे जानेपर मेरा पुत्र साम्ब शाल्वकी विशाल सेनामें घुसकर युद्ध करने लगा

Transliteration

tasmin vinihate vīre gadānunne mahāsure | praviśya mahatīṃ senāṃ yodhayāmāsa me sutaḥ ||

Translation

When that heroic great demon—struck down by the mace—had been slain, my son plunged into the vast army and began to fight. The episode underscores how, after the fall of a formidable champion, the struggle does not cease; duty and resolve drive the next warrior to step forward into the fray.

Word by Word

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

• विनिहते: when (he) was slain
• विनिहते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-नि-हन् (हत)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वीरे: in/when the hero
• वीरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• गदा: with a mace
• गदा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• अनुन्ने: struck down/overthrown
• अनुन्ने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-उद्-नम् (नुन्न)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महासुरे: in/when the great asura (demon)
• महासुरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासुर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• महतīm: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सेनाम्: army
• सेनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• योधयामास: fought / caused (them) to fight
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध् (णिच्: योधय-)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)
• गदा (mace)
• महासुर (great asura/demon)
• सेना (army)
• मे सुतः (the speaker’s son)