Shloka 2

प्रावृट्-शरत्-वर्णनम् — Description of the Monsoon and Autumn; Sarasvatī in the Pāṇḍavas’ Exile

Devanagari script

पौलस्त्यं धनदं युद्धे य आह्वयति दर्पित: नलिन्यां कदनं कृत्वा निहन्ता यक्षरक्षसाम्‌

Transliteration

paulastyaṃ dhanadaṃ yuddhe ya āhvayati darpitaḥ | nalinyāṃ kadanaṃ kṛtvā nihantā yakṣa-rakṣasām ||

Translation

ジャナメージャヤは言った。「力を誇ってプラスタヤの子ダナダ（クベーラ）にさえ戦いを挑み、蓮池のほとりでヤクシャやラークシャサを数多く討って“彼らの殺し手”とまで称されたビーマセーナを、どうして恐怖に囚われ災厄に沈んだ者として語るのですか。私はこの出来事を詳しく聞きたい。好奇心が大いに掻き立てられるのです。」

Word by Word

• पौलस्त्यम्: Pulastya’s descendant (Kubera)
• पौलस्त्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौलस्त्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धनदम्: the giver of wealth (Kubera)
• धनदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आह्वयति: challenges/calls (to fight)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आह्वा (√ह्वा)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दर्पितः: proud, arrogant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दर्पित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नलिन्याम्: at the lotus-pond
• नलिन्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नलिनी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• कदनम्: slaughter, destruction
• कदनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having done/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (√कृ)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• निहन्ता: slayer
• निहन्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निहन्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यक्षरक्षसाम्: of Yakṣas and Rākṣasas
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष-रक्षस्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (mixed), Genitive, Plural

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janamejaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Kubera (Dhanada, Paulastya)
• Pulastya
• Yakṣas
• Rākṣasas
• Nalinī (lotus-pond)