Shloka 25

Dvaītavana: Brahmaghoṣa, Rṣi-saṅgha, and Baka Dālbhyā’s Upadeśa to Yudhiṣṭhira

Devanagari script

शरावमर्दे शीघ्रत्वात्‌ कालान्तकयमोपम: । यस्य शस्त्रप्रतापेन प्रणता: सर्वपार्थिवा:

Transliteration

śarāvamarde śīghratvāt kālāntakayama-upamaḥ | yasya śastra-pratāpena praṇatāḥ sarva-pārthivāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “In the crushing of the enemy’s ranks he was swift, resembling Yama, the Ender of Time. By the might and splendor of his weapons, all earthly kings were brought to bow before him.”

Word by Word

• शरावमर्दे: in (the act of) crushing/breaking pots
• शरावमर्दे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरावमर्द
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शीघ्रत्वात्: because of swiftness
• शीघ्रत्वात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीघ्रत्व
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• कालान्तकयमोपमः: like Yama, the ender at the end of time
• कालान्तकयमोपमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कालान्तकयमोपम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• शस्त्रप्रतापेन: by the might of (his) weapons
• शस्त्रप्रतापेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्रप्रताप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रणताः: bowed down, submissive
• प्रणताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-नम् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वपार्थिवाः: all kings
• सर्वपार्थिवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yama
• kings (pārthivāḥ)
• weapons (śastra)