Shloka 16

Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 77 — Saindhava resistance, Arjuna’s restraint, and Duḥśalā’s supplication

Devanagari script

उल्काश्न जच्निरे सूर्य विकीर्यन्त्य:ः समन्ततः । वेपथुश्चा भवद्‌ राजन्‌ कैलासस्य महागिरे:,चारों ओर बिखरकर गिरती हुई उल्काएँ सूर्यसे टकराने लगीं। राजन! उस समय महापर्वत कैलास भी काँपने लगा

Transliteration

ulkāś ca jajñire sūryaṁ vikīryantyaḥ samantataḥ | vepathuś cābhavad rājan kailāsasya mahāgireḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana disse: Surgiram meteoros e, espalhando-se por todas as direções, pareciam atingir o sol. Ó rei, naquele momento até o monte Kailāsa, a grande montanha, começou a tremer—um abalo na natureza que refletia a gravidade do que se desenrolava.

Word by Word

• उल्काः: meteors
• उल्काः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उल्का
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• अश्नन्: struck / hit
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सूर्यम्: the sun
• सूर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विकीर्यन्त्यः: scattering, being dispersed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + कृ
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides / all around
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

• वेपथुः: trembling, quake
• वेपथुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेपथु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अभवत्: arose / occurred / became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कैलासस्य: of Kailāsa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महागिरेः: of the great mountain
• Type: Noun
• Root: महागिरि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sūrya (the Sun)
• ulkāḥ (meteors)
• Mount Kailāsa