Shloka 18

Virāṭa’s Mobilization to Recover the Cattle (गोधनरक्षणार्थ विराटस्य सैन्यसमायोजनम्)

Devanagari script

अत्यन्तं वा प्रणष्टास्ते प्राप्ता वापि यमक्षयम्‌ । यामो राजन्‌ निरुद्धिग्ना विराटनगरं वयम्‌ | आदास्यामो हि गास्तस्य विविधानि वसूनि च

Transliteration

atyantaṁ vā praṇaṣṭās te prāptā vāpi yamakṣayam | yāmo rājan niruddhignā virāṭanagaraṁ vayam || ādāsyāmo hi gās tasya vividhāni vasūni ca ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「王よ、彼らが完全に姿を消したにせよ、あるいはヤマの住処に至ったにせよ、我らは憂いなくヴィラータの都へ進むべきだ。そこで我らはヴィラータの牛群と、さまざまな財宝を奪い取ろう。」

Word by Word

• अत्यन्तम्: completely, utterly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यन्त

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• प्रणष्टाः: lost, vanished
• प्रणष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-नश्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• ते: they/those (men)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राप्ताः: reached, attained
• प्राप्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• अपि: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• यमक्षयम्: Yama's abode (death)
• यमक्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम-क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यामः: we go / let us go
• यामः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Present (Lat), First, Plural, Parasmaipada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• निरुद्धिग्नाः: unagitated, without anxiety
• निरुद्धिग्नाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरुद्विग्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विराटनगरम्: the city of Virata
• विराटनगरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विराट-नगर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आदास्यामः: we shall seize/take away
• आदास्यामः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा
• Form: Simple Future (Lrt), First, Plural, Parasmaipada

• हि: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• गाः: cows
• गाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• तस्य: of him (Virata)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विविधानि: various, diverse
• विविधानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• वसूनि: wealth, valuables
• वसूनि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Virāṭa
• Virāṭanagara (city of Virāṭa)
• Yama
• cattle (gāḥ)
• treasures/wealth (vasūni)