Shloka 96

उलूकदूतवाक्यम् / Ulūka’s Message to the Pāṇḍavas

Devanagari script

विभीषयन्निव जगत्‌ पाण्डवानभ्यवर्तत । रुक्‍मी मेघकी गर्जनाके समान भयानक टंकार करनेवाले विजय नामक धनुषको पाकर सम्पूर्ण जगत्‌को भयभीत-सा करता हुआ पाण्डवोंके यहाँ आया

Transliteration

vibhīṣayann iva jagat pāṇḍavān abhyavartata | rūkṣa-megha-garjanāke samāna-bhayānaka-ṭaṅkāra-karaṇavāle vijaya-nāmaka-dhanuṣko pākar sampūrṇa-jagatko bhayabhīta-sā kartā huā pāṇḍavoṅke yahā̃ āyā |

Translation

विभीषयन्निव जगत् पाण्डवानभ्यवर्तत । विजयं नाम धनुरासाद्य मेघगर्जनसन्निभम् ॥

Word by Word

• विभीषयन्: frightening, terrifying
• विभीषयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विभीषय् (भिष्/भी धातु-प्रेरणार्थक)
• Form: present (vartamāna), parasmaipada (active), present active participle (śatṛ), masculine, nominative, singular

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

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• पाण्डवान्: the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• अभ्यवर्तत: approached, came towards
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + वृत्
• Form: laṅ, imperfect (past), third, singular, ātmanepada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pāṇḍavas
• Vijaya (bow)
• the world (jagat)