Shloka 466

Devanagari script

त्वरमाणाभिधावन्ति मम भर्ता भवेदिति | युद्धस्थलमें मारे गये शूरवीरकी ओर सहसौ्रों सुन्दरी अप्सराएँ यह आशा लेकर बड़ी उतावलीके साथ दौड़ी जाती हैं कि यह मेरा पति हो जाय

Transliteration

tvaramāṇābhidhāvanti mama bhartā bhaved iti | yuddhasthale meṃ māre gaye śūravīra-kī ora sahasrauṃ sundarī apsarāeṃ yaha āśā lekara baṛī utāvalī ke sātha dauṛī jātī haiṃ ki yaha merā pati ho jāy

Translation

Амбариша сказал: «Поспешно устремляясь вперёд, они бегут с мыслью: “Пусть он станет моим мужем”. К герою, павшему на поле брани, тысячи прекрасных апсар спешат с нетерпением, надеясь: “Пусть этот будет моим супругом”.»

Word by Word

• त्वरमाणाः: hastening, in a hurry
• त्वरमाणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरमाण (√त्वर्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• अभिधावन्ति: run towards, rush
• अभिधावन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धाव्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• भर्ता: husband, lord
• भर्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: may become, would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Optative (Potential), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus (quoting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

Speaker

अम्बरीष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ambarīṣa
• apsarases
• heroic warrior (slain)
• battlefield

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the traditional epic idea that heroic death in battle is linked with celestial reward, while also hinting that such rewards are still within the realm of desire and pleasure—important in dharma discourse as a contrast to higher spiritual goals.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ambarīṣa describes a vivid scene: thousands of apsarases hurry toward a warrior killed on the battlefield, each hoping to claim him as her husband in heaven.