Shloka 17

अश्वमेधीयस्य हयस्य दक्षिणापश्चिमगमनम् — The Sacrificial Horse’s Southern and Western Circuit

Devanagari script

सम्भ्रान्तनरनागाश्वमपतद्‌ विद्रुतं बलम्‌ । हतविध्वस्तभूयिष्ठमावर्तत मुहुर्मुहु:

Transliteration

sambhrāntanaranāgāśvam apatat vidrutaṃ balam | hatavidhvastabhūyiṣṭham āvartata muhurmuhuḥ ||

Translation

सम्भ्रान्तनरनागाश्वमपतद् विद्रुतं बलम् । हतविध्वस्तभूयिष्ठमावर्तत मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

Word by Word

• सम्भ्रान्त: confused, panic-stricken
• सम्भ्रान्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्भ्रान्त (भ्रान्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भ्रम्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नर: men
• नर: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाग: elephants
• नाग: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अश्वम्: horses
• अश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपतत्: fell, rushed down
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पत्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• विद्रुतम्: fleeing, in flight
• विद्रुतम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्रुत (वि+√द्रु)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• बलम्: army, force
• बलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• हत: slain
• हत: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत (√हन्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विध्वस्त: shattered, destroyed
• विध्वस्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विध्वस्त (वि+√ध्वंस्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भूयिष्ठम्: mostly, for the most part
• भूयिष्ठम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूयिष्ठ (भूयस्-तमप्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आवर्तत: turned back, wheeled around
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+√वृत्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• मुहुः: again and again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः

• मुहुः: again and again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• army (bala)
• soldiers (nara)
• war-elephants (nāga)
• horses (aśva)