Shloka 22

मातापितृपूजन-प्रधानधर्मः (Primacy of Filial Service) — Mārkaṇḍeya’s Account of the Vyādha’s Instruction

Devanagari script

ततो धुन्धुर्महाराज दिशमावृत्य पश्चिमाम्‌

Transliteration

tato dhundhur mahārāja diśam āvṛtya paścimām

Translation

Then Dhundhu, O great king, spread over and enveloped the western quarter—an ominous movement that signals the rising force of a destructive being and the need for vigilant, righteous response.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)

• धुन्धुः: Dhundhu (name of a being/daemon)
• धुन्धुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धुन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दिशम्: direction
• दिशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आवृत्य: having covered, enveloping
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√वृ (वृञ् वरणे)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Active (parasmaipada sense)

• पश्चिमाम्: western
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• मार्कण्डेय (Mārkaṇḍeya)
• धुन्धु (Dhundhu)
• पश्चिम दिशा (the western quarter)