Shloka 14

कुन्तीगर्भगोपनम् तथा मञ्जूषाप्रवाहः

Kuntī’s concealed childbirth and the river-borne casket

Devanagari script

शतश: पुरुषव्यात्र रथोदारेण जध्निवान्‌ | तदनेन नरव्याप्र मया यत्तेन संयुगे

Transliteration

śataśaḥ puruṣavyāghra rathodāreṇa jadhnivān | tadanena naravyāghra mayā yattena saṁyuge

Translation

マールカンデーヤは言った。「おお、人中の虎よ。彼は戦場において、その力強き戦車をもって幾百もの者を討ち倒した。ゆえに、おお人のうち最勝の者よ、あの合戦における我が身の懸命の働きによって、これが成し遂げられたのだ。」

Word by Word

• शतशः: by hundreds; in hundreds
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शत

• पुरुषव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• रथोदारेण: with (one) having a spacious chariot / by means of the chariot(-warrior) of broad chariot
• रथोदारेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथोदार
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• जघ्निवान्: he slew; he killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनेन: by this; with this
• अनेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• नरव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• यत्: which; what
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तेन: by him/that; with that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• संयुगे: in battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights kṣātra (warrior) ethos: decisive action in battle and the moral emphasis on personal exertion (yatna) as the means by which outcomes are achieved.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes a battle episode in which a warrior, powerful through his chariot, slays hundreds; he then frames the result as brought about through strenuous effort in the combat.