Shloka 45

Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ

King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt

Devanagari script

कोकिलाकुलसंनादं मत्तभ्रमरनादितम्‌ । वसन्तकाले तत्‌ तस्य वन चैत्ररथोपमम्‌

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | kokilākulasaṃnādaṃ mattabhramaranāditam | vasantakāle tat tasya vana caitrarathopamam ||

Translation

वैशम्पायन उवाच—वसन्तकाले तद् वनं तस्य चैत्ररथोपमं बभूव; कोकिलाकुलसंनादं मत्तभ्रमरनादितं च।

Word by Word

• कोकिलाकुलसंनादम्: the sound (resonance) of flocks of cuckoos
• कोकिलाकुलसंनादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोकिलाकुलसंनाद
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मत्तभ्रमरनादितम्: made resounding by intoxicated bees
• मत्तभ्रमरनादितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नादित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वसन्तकाले: in the spring season
• वसन्तकाले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसन्तकाल
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him / his
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वनम्: forest
• वनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• चैत्ररथोपमम्: like (the forest) Caitraratha
• चैत्ररथोपमम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चैत्ररथोपम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Caitraratha (forest/grove)
• cuckoos (kokila)
• bees (bhramara)
• spring season (vasanta)