Shloka 39
Yadu-vaṃśa and the Haihaya Line: From Yadu to Kārtavīrya Arjuna
Devanagari script
मृधे सहस्रं बाहुनां हेमतालवनं यथा / तृषितेन कदाचित्स भिक्षितश्चित्रभानुना
Transliteration
mṛdhe sahasraṃ bāhunāṃ hematālavanaṃ yathā / tṛṣitena kadācitsa bhikṣitaścitrabhānunā
Translation
मृधे बाहूनां सहस्रं हेमतालवनं यथा; तृषितेन कदाचित्स चित्रभानुना स भिक्षितः।
Word by Word
mṛdhein battle
mṛdhe:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmṛdh (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Locative (7th), Singular
sahasrama thousand
sahasram:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular
bāhūnāmof arms
bāhūnām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootbāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th), Plural (बहुवचन)
hema-tāla-vanama forest of golden palm-trees
hema-tāla-vanam:
Upamāna (उपमान)
TypeNoun
Roothema (प्रातिपदिक) + tāla (प्रातिपदिक) + vana (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; ‘a forest (vana) of tāla-palms (tāla) (as if) golden (hema)’ (determinative compound)
yathāas, like
yathā:
Upamā (उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable comparative particle/adverb (उपमावाचक/यथार्थबोधक)
tṛṣitenaby the thirsty (one)
tṛṣitena:
Karta (कर्ता) (agent in passive construction)
TypeAdjective
Roottṛṣita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPast Passive Participle (क्त) from √tṛṣ (तृष्) ‘to thirst’; Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; ‘by/with (one) who was thirsty’
kadācitonce, at some time
kadācit:
Kāla (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkadācit (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable adverb of time (कालवाचक)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता) (of passive participle)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; pronoun
bhikṣitaḥwas begged (for alms)
bhikṣitaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया) (passive predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootbhikṣ (धातु)
FormPast Passive Participle (क्त) from √bhikṣ (भिक्ष्) ‘to beg’; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ‘was begged (for alms)’
citrabhānunāby Citrabhānu
citrabhānunā:
Karaṇa/Karta (करण/कर्ता) (agent of begging)
TypeNoun
Rootcitrabhānu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular