Shloka 16

इन्द्रस्य दुःखप्राप्तिः—त्रिशिरोवधः, वृत्रोत्पत्तिः, जृम्भिकाजननम्

Indra’s Distress: Slaying of Triśiras, Birth of Vṛtra, and the Origin of Yawning

Devanagari script

नित्यं संदर्शयामासुस्तथैवाड्रेषु सौष्ठवम्‌ । नाभ्यगच्छत्‌ प्रहर्ष ता: स पश्यन्‌ सुमहातपा:

Transliteration

nityaṃ saṃdarśayāmāsus tathaivāḍreṣu sauṣṭhavam | nābhyagacchat praharṣa tāḥ sa paśyan sumahātapāḥ ||

Translation

അവർ നിത്യവും തങ്ങളുടെ അംഗസൗഷ്ഠവം അതുപോലെ തന്നെ കാട്ടിക്കൊണ്ടിരുന്നു; എങ്കിലും അവരെ കണ്ടിട്ടും ആ സുമഹാതപസ്വിക്ക് ഹർഷത്തിന്റെ ലേശവും ഉണ്ടായില്ല.

Word by Word

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• संदर्शयामासुः: they showed / caused to be seen
• संदर्शयामासुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+दृश्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), perfect (narrative past), 3, plural

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अद्रेषु: on/among the mountains
• अद्रेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अद्रि
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• सौष्ठवम्: beauty, excellence
• सौष्ठवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौष्ठव
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अभ्यगच्छत्: attained, came to (experienced)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+गम्
• Form: लङ् (परस्मैपद), imperfect (past), 3, singular

• प्रहर्षम्: joy, exhilaration
• प्रहर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहर्ष
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• ताः: them (f.)
• ताः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: feminine, accusative, plural

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पश्यन्: seeing
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• सुमहातपाः: of very great austerity (very ascetic)
• सुमहातपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहातप
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• शल्य (Śalya)
• सुमहातपा (a great ascetic; unnamed)