Shloka 22
Pushkarākṣa’s Battle with Rāma Jāmadagnya (Bhārgava) — Astras and the Fall of a Prince
Devanagari script
पुत्रास्तस्य महावीर्याः शतं युद्धविशारदाः / सेनाः संव्यूह्य संतस्थुः संग्रामे पितुराज्ञया
Transliteration
putrāstasya mahāvīryāḥ śataṃ yuddhaviśāradāḥ / senāḥ saṃvyūhya saṃtasthuḥ saṃgrāme piturājñayā
Translation
അവന്റെ മഹാവീര്യമുള്ള, യുദ്ധവിശാരദരായ നൂറു പുത്രന്മാർ സേനകളെ വ്യൂഹപ്പെടുത്തി, പിതാവിന്റെ ആജ്ഞപ്രകാരം യുദ്ധത്തിൽ നിലകൊണ്ടു.
Word by Word
putrāḥsons
putrāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootputra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
tasyaof him
tasya:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन); pronoun
mahā-vīryāḥof great valor
mahā-vīryāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of putrāḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + vīrya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); कर्मधारयः ‘great in valor’
śatama hundred
śatam:
Saṅkhyā (संख्या) / numeral qualifier
TypeNoun
Rootśata (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used as numeral collective ‘a hundred’ agreeing in sense with plural putrāḥ
yuddha-viśāradāḥskilled in warfare
yuddha-viśāradāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of putrāḥ
TypeAdjective
Rootyuddha (प्रातिपदिक) + viśārada (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); तत्पुरुषः ‘skilled in battle’
senāḥarmies
senāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) (with putrāḥ as leaders implied)
TypeNoun
Rootsenā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
saṃvyūhyahaving arranged (in formation)
saṃvyūhya:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ-√vyūh (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; ल्यप्) ‘having arrayed/formed (in battle order)’
saṃtasthuḥstood/held position
saṃtasthuḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsaṃ-√sthā (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
saṃgrāmein battle
saṃgrāme:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃgrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)
pituḥ-ājñayāby the father’s order
pituḥ-ājñayā:
Hetu/Karaṇa (हेतु/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + ājñā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः (पितुः आज्ञा) ‘by the father’s command’