Shloka 9

Kubera-prasāda-vihāra and Counsel on Ajñātavāsa (कुबेरप्रसादविहारः तथा अज्ञातवासोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

विनिगृहा हरीनश्चान्‌ रथं च मम युध्यत: । सर्वतो मामविध्यन्त सरथं धरणीधरै:,इस प्रकार युद्ध करते समय मेरे हरे रंगके घोड़ों तथा रथको पकड़कर उन दानवोंने रथसहित मेरे ऊपर सब ओरसे शिलाखण्डोंद्वारा प्रहार आरम्भ किया

Transliteration

Arjuna uvāca | vinigṛhya harīṁś cān rathaṁ ca mama yudhyataḥ | sarvato mām avidhyanta sa-rathaṁ dharaṇīdharaiḥ ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “While I was fighting, they seized my tawny steeds and my chariot; then, from every side, those foes began to strike at me—chariot and all—with great boulders. Even amid such assault, the warrior’s duty is to stand firm and meet force with disciplined courage rather than panic or cruelty.”

Word by Word

• विनिगृह्य: having seized/held fast
• Type: Verb
• Root: विनि-ग्रह्
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• हरीन्: horses (bay/greenish)
• हरीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• युध्यतः: of me while fighting
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle), Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सर्वतः: from all sides
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• अविध्यन्: they struck/pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सरथम्: together with (my) chariot
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धरणीधरैः: with mountain-like rocks / boulders
• धरणीधरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणीधर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Arjuna’s horses (harī)
• Arjuna’s chariot
• boulders/rock-masses (dharaṇīdharāḥ)