Shloka 35

Yuddha-yajña-vyākhyāna (The Battle as Sacrifice): Ambarīṣa–Indra Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

ऋष्टिखड्गमहानौका गृध्रकड्कबलप्लवा । पुरुषादानुचरिता भीरूणां कश्मलावहा

Transliteration

ṛṣṭikhaḍgamahānaukā gṛdhrakaḍkabalaplavā | puruṣādānucaritā bhīrūṇāṁ kaśmalāvahā ||

Translation

アンバリーシャは言った。「この大いなる『舟』は槍と剣で組まれ、その筏は禿鷲のごとく荒々しい軍勢で編まれている。人を喰らうような従者が舵を取り、臆する者には迷妄と道義の恐慌をもたらす。」

Word by Word

• ऋष्टिखड्गमहानौका: she whose great boat is spear-and-sword (i.e., armed with spear and sword as her great vessel)
• ऋष्टिखड्गमहानौका: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋष्टि-खड्ग-महा-नौका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गृध्रकङ्कबलप्लवा: she whose raft/float is the strength of vultures and herons (i.e., supported by vulture-and-kanka forces)
• गृध्रकङ्कबलप्लवा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृध्र-कङ्क-बल-प्लवा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषादानुचरिता: followed by man-seizing (i.e., attended by those who seize men)
• पुरुषादानुचरिता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरुष-आदान-अनुचरित
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भीरूणाम्: of the timid/cowardly
• भीरूणाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कश्मलावहा: bringing delusion/distress
• कश्मलावहा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कश्मल-आहृ (वह)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अम्बरीष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ambarīṣa
• spears (ṛṣṭi)
• swords (khaḍga)
• boat (naukā)
• vultures (gṛdhra)
• army/forces (bala)
• man-eaters (puruṣāda)
• the timid (bhīru)