Shloka 21

Adhyāya 168: Arjuna’s counters to māyā-rains and the onset of darkness

Nivātakavaca engagement

Devanagari script

ततो<हं धनुरादाय तथाक्षय्ये महेषुधी । अताडयं शरेणाथ तद्‌ भूतं लोमहर्षणम्‌

Transliteration

tato'haṃ dhanur ādāya tathākṣayye maheṣudhī | atāḍayaṃ śareṇātha tad bhūtaṃ lomaharṣaṇam ||

Translation

“Then I took up my bow, and likewise my two inexhaustible great quivers. Thereupon I struck that hair-raising being with an arrow.”

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas
• Form: indeclinable (ablatival adverb)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad
• Form: pronoun; gender: -, case: nominative, number: singular

• dhanus: bow
• dhanus: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanus
• Form: gender: neuter, case: accusative, number: singular

• ādāya: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√dā
• Form: absolutive (ktvā/lyap); indeclinable

• tathā: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā
• Form: indeclinable

• akṣayye: inexhaustible (two)
• akṣayye: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣayya
• Form: gender: feminine, case: accusative, number: dual

• maheṣudhī: two great quivers
• maheṣudhī: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheṣudhī
• Form: gender: feminine, case: accusative, number: dual

• atāḍayam: I struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√taḍ
• Form: aorist (luṅ); person: 1st, number: singular, voice: parasmaipada

• śareṇa: with an arrow
• śareṇa: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara
• Form: gender: masculine, case: instrumental, number: singular

• atha: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha
• Form: indeclinable

• tat: that
• tat: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad
• Form: pronoun; gender: neuter, case: accusative, number: singular

• bhūtam: being, creature
• bhūtam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta
• Form: gender: neuter, case: accusative, number: singular

• lomaharṣaṇam: hair-raising, horripilating
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lomaharṣaṇa
• Form: gender: neuter, case: accusative, number: singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• two inexhaustible great quivers (akṣayye maheṣudhī)
• arrow (śara)
• terrifying being/creature (bhūta)