Shloka 20

Saṃvaraṇa–Tapatī Vivāhaḥ (The Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa and Tapatī) — Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva 163

Devanagari script

तद्‌ वृक्षयुद्धम भवन्महीरुहविनाशनम्‌ । घोररूपं महाराज नरराक्षसराजयो:,महाराज! नरराज तथा राक्षसराजका वह भयंकर वृक्षयुद्ध उस वनके समस्त वृक्षोंके विनाशका कारण बन गया

Transliteration

tad vṛkṣayuddham abhavan mahīruhavināśanam | ghorarūpaṃ mahārāja nara-rākṣasa-rājayoḥ ||

Translation

ਮਹਾਰਾਜ! ਮਨੁੱਖ ਰਾਜੇ ਅਤੇ ਰਾਖਸ਼ਸ ਰਾਜੇ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਹੋਇਆ ਉਹ ਭਿਆਨਕ ਰੁੱਖਾਂ ਵਾਲਾ ਯੁੱਧ ਜੰਗਲ ਦੇ ਸਾਰੇ ਵੱਡੇ ਰੁੱਖਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਸ ਦਾ ਕਾਰਨ ਬਣ ਗਿਆ।

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वृक्ष-युद्धम्: the battle with trees
• वृक्ष-युद्धम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्षयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: became / happened
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महीरुह-विनाशनम्: destroying the trees
• महीरुह-विनाशनम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महीरुहविनाशन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• घोर-रूपम्: of dreadful form
• घोर-रूपम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोररूप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महा-राज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नर-राक्षस-राजयोः: of the king of men and the king of rākṣasas
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरराक्षसराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Mahārāja (the king addressed, i.e., Janamejaya)
• nara-rāja (human king, unnamed here)
• rākṣasa-rāja (rākṣasa king, unnamed here)
• forest trees (mahīruha)
• vṛkṣa (trees used as weapons)