Shloka 52

Adhyāya 86: Irāvān’s Lineage, Cavalry Clash, and the Māyā-Duel Ending in Irāvān’s Fall

Devanagari script

स शर: प्रेषितस्तेन गरुडानिलवेगवान्‌ । मद्रराजं विनिर्भिद्य निपषात महीतले,उनके द्वारा चलाया हुआ वह बाण गरुड और वायुके समान वेगशाली था। वह मद्रराजको विदीर्ण करके पृथ्वीपर जा गिरा

Transliteration

sa śaraḥ preṣitas tena garuḍānilavegavān | madrarājaṁ vinirbhidya nipapāta mahītale ||

Translation

Sañjaya disse: A flecha que ele soltou avançou com a rapidez de Garuḍa e do vento. Traspassou o rei de Madra e, em seguida, caiu sobre a terra.

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (arrow)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरः: arrow
• शरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रेषितः: sent/shot
• प्रेषितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• गरुड-अनिल-वेगवान्: having speed like Garuḍa and the wind
• गरुड-अनिल-वेगवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मद्र-राजम्: the king of Madra
• मद्र-राजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद्रराज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विनिर्भिद्य: having pierced/splitting
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निर्-भिद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund)

• निपपात: fell down
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• मही-तले: on the ground/on the earth's surface
• मही-तले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीतल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śalya (Madrarāja, king of Madra)
• arrow (śara)
• Garuḍa
• wind (anila)
• earth/ground (mahītala)
• Madra (kingdom)