Shloka 23

शल्यस्य सेनापत्याभ्युपगमः | Śalya’s Acceptance of Command

Devanagari script

उपर्युपरि राज्ञां वै ज्वलित्वा भास्करो यथा

Transliteration

uparyupari rājñāṃ vai jvalitvā bhāskaro yathā

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Semakin tinggi dia menjulang mengatasi para raja, semakin dia menyala—laksana matahari.”

Word by Word

• उपरि: above
• उपरि: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable adverb)

• उपरि: upon/over (again), i.e., higher and higher
• उपरि: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable adverb); repetition for emphasis

• राज्ञाम्: of kings
• राज्ञाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै
• Form: Avyaya (emphatic particle)

• ज्वलित्वा: having blazed
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्वल्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), from √ज्वल्; indeclinable verbal form

• भास्करः: the sun
• भास्करः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: Avyaya (comparative particle)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• kings (rājāḥ)
• the sun (bhāskara)