Shloka 23

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 137 — Bhīṣma–Droṇa Counsel and the Ethics of Restraint

Devanagari script

वाहनान्यप्रहृष्टानि रुदन्तीव विशाम्पते । गृध्रास्ते पर्युपासन्ते सैन्यानि च समन्तत:,'प्रजानाथ! हमारे सारे वाहन अप्रसन्न एवं रोते-से दिखायी देते हैं। गीध तुम्हारी सेनाओंको चारों ओरसे घेरकर बैठते हैं

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

vāhanāny aprahṛṣṭāni rudantīva viśāmpate |

gṛdhrās te paryupāsante sainyāni ca samantataḥ ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: «О владыка народа, наши повозки и упряжи кажутся безрадостными, словно плачут; а стервятники сидят кругом, со всех сторон окружая твои войска».

Word by Word

• वाहनानि: vehicles, conveyances
• वाहनानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अप्रहृष्टानि: not delighted, dejected
• अप्रहृष्टानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रहृष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• रुदन्ती: crying
• रुदन्ती: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गृध्राः: vultures
• गृध्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृध्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• पर्युपासन्ते: sit around, hover about, attend closely
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस् (परि+उप+आस्)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• सैन्यानि: armies, troops
• सैन्यानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• समन्ततः: on all sides, all around
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• viśāmpati (lord of the people/king)
• vāhanāni (conveyances/mounts)
• gṛdhrāḥ (vultures)
• sainyāni (armies)