Shloka 5

Adhyāya 195 — Arjuna’s Capability and Restraint Regarding Divyāstras

Udyoga Parva

Devanagari script

अथ सैन्यं यथायोगं पूजयित्वा नरर्षभ:

Transliteration

atha sainyaṃ yathāyogaṃ pūjayitvā nararṣabhaḥ

Translation

अथ सैन्यं यथायोगं पूजयित्वा नरर्षभः ।

Word by Word

• अथ: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as/according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• योगम्: proper arrangement/order
• योगम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पूजयित्वा: having honored/worshipped
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• नरर्षभः: the bull among men (best of men)
• नरर्षभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)
• सैन्य (the army)
• नरर्षभ (an unnamed eminent man/leader, epithet)