Shloka 59

निवातकवचवधः — Arjuna’s Neutralization of the Nivātakavacas

Vajra-astra deployment

Devanagari script

सुखं शक्रस्य भवने सर्वकामसमन्वित: । शृण्वन्‌ वै गीतशब्दं च तूर्यशब्दं च पुष्कलम्‌ । पश्यंश्षाप्सरस: श्रेष्ठा नृत्यन्तीर्भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca | sukhaṁ śakrasya bhavane sarvakāmasamanvitaḥ | śṛṇvan vai gītaśabdaṁ ca tūryaśabdaṁ ca puṣkalam | paśyan śāp-sarasaḥ śreṣṭhā nṛtyantīr bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “In Śakra’s celestial mansion, endowed with every delight, one lives in ease—hearing the sounds of song and the abundant music of instruments, and beholding the finest of the Apsarases dancing, O bull among the Bharatas.”

Word by Word

• सुखम्: happiness, comfort
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शक्रस्य: of Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• भवने: in the mansion/abode
• भवने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सर्वकामसमन्वितः: endowed with all desires (all enjoyments)
• सर्वकामसमन्वितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वकामसमन्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शृण्वन्: hearing
• शृण्वन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Present (participle), Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• गीतशब्दम्: sound of song
• गीतशब्दम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीतशब्द
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तूर्यशब्दम्: sound of musical instruments
• तूर्यशब्दम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तूर्यशब्द
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पुष्कलम्: abundant, copious
• पुष्कलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्कल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पश्यन्: seeing
• पश्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: Present (participle), Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अप्सरसः: Apsarases (celestial nymphs)
• अप्सरसः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• श्रेष्ठाः: excellent, foremost
• श्रेष्ठाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• नृत्यन्तीः: dancing (fem. acc. pl.)
• नृत्यन्तीः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नृत्
• Form: Present (participle), Plural

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Śakra (Indra)
• Śakra’s bhavana (Indra’s celestial palace/abode)
• Apsarases
• gīta (song)
• tūrya (musical instruments)