Shloka 20

Adhyāya 168: Arjuna’s counters to māyā-rains and the onset of darkness

Nivātakavaca engagement

Devanagari script

अनु तस्यापरं भूतं महत्‌ कैरातसंस्थितम्‌ । भधनुर्बाणासिमत्‌ प्राप्तं सत्रीगणानुगतं तदा,उसके पीछे किरात-जैसी आकृतिमें एक महान्‌ पुरुषका दर्शन हुआ। उसने धनुष-बाण और खड्ग ले रखे थे। उसके साथ स्त्रियोंका एक समुदाय भी था

Transliteration

anu tasyāparaṃ bhūtaṃ mahat kairātasaṃsthitam | dhanurbāṇāsimat prāptaṃ strīgaṇānugataṃ tadā ||

Translation

そしてその後ろから間を置かず、キラータ（山の狩人）の姿をした偉大な存在が現れた。彼は弓と矢、さらに剣を携え、その時は女たちの一団を従えていた。

Word by Word

• अनु: after, following
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु

• तस्य: of him/that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• अपरम्: another, next
• अपरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• भूतम्: being, creature; apparition
• भूतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• महत्: great, huge
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कैरात: Kirāta (mountain-hunter)
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally)
• Root: कैरात
• Form: masculine, stem (in compound), singular

• संस्थितम्: standing/placed; having the appearance/form
• संस्थितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: संस्था (धातु: स्था) / संस्थित
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• बाण: arrows
• बाण: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• असि: sword
• असि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असि
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• मत्: possessing (having)
• मत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (possessive suffix)
• Root: मत् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• प्राप्तम्: come/arrived; obtained; encountered
• प्राप्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: प्राप् (धातु) / प्राप्त
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• स्त्री: women
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्री
• Form: feminine, stem (in compound), plural (sense)

• गण: group, troop
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण
• Form: masculine, stem (in compound), singular

• अनुगतम्: followed/attended by
• अनुगतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (past participle)
• Root: अनुगम् (धातु) / अनुगत
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• तदा: then, at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Kirāta (hunter guise)
• a great being (bhūta/mahat)
• bow (dhanus)
• arrows (bāṇāḥ)
• sword (asi)
• company of women (strīgaṇa)