Shloka 11
Adhyāya 22: Śālva’s Weapon-Shower, Dāruka’s Wounding, and the Māyā-Report of Vasudeva’s Father
Devanagari script
सो<हं पर्वतवर्षेण वध्यमान: पुन: पुनः । वल्मीक इव राजेन्द्र पर्वतोपचितो5भवम्,राजेन्द्र! शिलाखण्डोंकी उस निरन्तर वृष्टिसे बार-बार आहत होकर मैं पर्वतोंसे आच्छादित बाँबी-सा प्रतीत होने लगा
Transliteration
so ’haṃ parvatavarṣeṇa vadhyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ | valmīka iva rājendra parvatopacito ’bhavam ||
Translation
Vāyu said: “Thus, O king, being struck again and again by a rain of mountains, I came to look like an anthill buried under heaps of rock. The episode underscores how even a mighty power can be forced into apparent helplessness by relentless assault, yet endurance and steadiness remain the ethical response in adversity.”
Word by Word
सःhe/that (I)
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पर्वतवर्षेणby the rain of rocks (hail of stones)
पर्वतवर्षेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वतवर्ष
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
वध्यमानःbeing struck/being beaten
वध्यमानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवध्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, शानच् (present passive participle)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
पुनःagain and again
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
वल्मीकःan anthill
वल्मीकः:
TypeNoun
Rootवल्मीक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike/as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
राजेन्द्रO king of kings
राजेन्द्र:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootराजेन्द्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पर्वतोपचितःcovered/accumulated with rocks
पर्वतोपचितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपर्वतोपचित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle of उप-चि)
अभवम्I became
अभवम्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyu (Wind-god)R
rājendra (the king addressed)P
parvata (mountains/rock-masses)V
valmīka (anthill)Sandhi Notes