Shloka 28

आरण्यकपर्वणि अध्यायः २१६ — इन्द्र-स्कन्द-संमुखता वज्रप्रहारश्च

Indra approaches Skanda; vajra strike and the arising of Viśākha

Devanagari script

मन्वानस्तं मृगं चाहं सम्प्राप्त: सहसा प्रभो । अपश्यं तमृषिं विद्धं शरेणानतपर्वणा,प्रभो! मैंने उन्हें हिंसक पशु समझकर बाण मारा था। अतः सहसा उनके पास जा पहुँचा। वहाँ जाकर देखा कि झुकी हुई गाँठवाले उस बाणसे एक ऋषि घायल होकर धरतीपर पड़े हैं

Transliteration

manvānastaṃ mṛgaṃ cāhaṃ samprāptaḥ sahasā prabho | apaśyaṃ tamṛṣiṃ viddhaṃ śareṇānataparvaṇā ||

Translation

Julgando tratar-se de uma fera, disparei uma flecha. Então, ó senhor, corri para lá sem demora; e, ao chegar ao lugar, vi que era um sábio, jazendo ferido no chão—traspassado por minha flecha, cujas junções não estavam retas.

Word by Word

मन्वानःthinking, supposing

तम्that (him/it)

मृगम्deer/animal

चand

अहम्I

सम्प्राप्तःhaving reached, arrived

सहसाsuddenly, quickly

प्रभोO lord

अपश्यम्I saw

तम्that (him)

ऋषिम्sage

विद्धम्pierced, wounded

शरेणby an arrow

अनतपर्वणाwith (an arrow) having unbent/low joints (i.e., with downward-bent knots)

प्रभोO lord

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

vyādha (hunter)

Ṛ

ṛṣi (sage)

mṛga (wild animal/deer)

śara (arrow)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes