Shloka 22

भीष्मदर्शनार्थं प्रस्थानम्

Departure to Behold Bhīṣma

Devanagari script

ते हया वासुदेवस्य दारुकेण प्रचोदिता:

Transliteration

te hayā vāsudevasya dārukeṇa pracoditāḥ

Translation

Disse Vaiśampāyana: Aqueles cavalos de Vāsudeva, instigados por Dāruka, foram impelidos para a frente—imagem de ação disciplinada guiada por um cocheiro de confiança, em que o poder se torna propósito quando recebe a direção correta.

Word by Word

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हयाः: horses
• हयाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वासुदेवस्य: of Vāsudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दारुकेण: by Dāruka (the charioteer)
• दारुकेण: Karana
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: दारुक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रचोदिताः: urged/impelled
• प्रचोदिताः: Karta
• Type: Participle
• Root: प्र-चुद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Passive, Past (PPP)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Dāruka
• horses