Shloka 20

Adhyāya 86: Irāvān’s Lineage, Cavalry Clash, and the Māyā-Duel Ending in Irāvān’s Fall

Devanagari script

ताभ्यां मुक्ता महावेगा: शरा: काउ्चनभूषणा: । दिवाकरपथं प्राप्प च्छादयामासुरम्बरम्‌,उन दोनोंके छोड़े हुए महान्‌ वेगशाली सुवर्णभूषित बाणोंने सूर्यके पथपर पहुँचकर आकाशको आच्छादित कर दिया

Transliteration

tābhyāṃ muktā mahāvegāḥ śarāḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ | divākarapathaṃ prāpya cchādayāmāsur ambaram ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「二人が放った矢は、凄まじい勢いで、しかも金に飾られており、太陽の通り道にまで達して、あまりに密に広がったため、まるで天空そのものを覆い隠すかのようであった。」

Word by Word

• ताभ्याम्: by those two (by them)
• ताभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: feminine, instrumental, dual

• मुक्ताः: released/shot
• मुक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• महावेगाः: of great speed
• महावेगाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महावेग
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• शराः: arrows
• शराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• काञ्चनभूषणाः: adorned with gold ornaments
• काञ्चनभूषणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चनभूषण
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• दिवाकरपथम्: the sun's path
• दिवाकरपथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकरपथ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्राप्य: having reached
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: absolutive (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), active

• च्छादयामासुः: they covered
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद्
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect), third, plural, परस्मैपद

• अम्बरम्: the sky
• अम्बरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बर
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• शर (arrows)
• दिवाकर (the Sun)
• अम्बर (sky)