Shloka 18

युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya

Devanagari script

ततो विस्फार्य सुमहच्चापं हेमपरिष्कृतम्‌ । समाधत्त शितं बाणं गिरीणामपि दारणम्‌,तदनन्तर उन्होंने अपने सुवर्णभूषित विशाल धनुषको फैलाकर उसपर पर्वतोंको भी विदीर्ण कर देनेवाले तीखे बाणका संधान किया

Transliteration

tato visphārya sumahac cāpaṃ hemapariṣkṛtam | samādhatta śitaṃ bāṇaṃ girīṇām api dāraṇam ||

Translation

ਫਿਰ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਸੋਨੇ ਨਾਲ ਸਜਿਆ ਆਪਣਾ ਅਤਿ ਵਿਸ਼ਾਲ ਧਨੁਸ਼ ਖਿੱਚ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਉੱਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਤਿੱਖਾ ਤੀਰ ਜੜਿਆ—ਜੋ ਪਹਾੜਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਚੀਰ ਸਕੇ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• विस्फार्य: having stretched (drawn open)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विस्फारय्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-प्रयोग (active sense)

• सुमहत्: very great, huge
• सुमहत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चापम्: bow
• चापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• हेमपरिष्कृतम्: adorned/ornamented with gold
• हेमपरिष्कृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम-परिष्कृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समाधत्त: he fixed/placed (on the bow), he set
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-धा
• Form: लिट् (perfect), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शितम्: sharp
• शितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बाणम्: arrow
• बाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गिरीणाम्: of mountains
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• दारणम्: splitting, capable of tearing apart
• दारणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• bow (cāpa)
• arrow (bāṇa)
• gold ornamentation (hema)
• mountains (giri)