Shloka 18

Ādi-parva Adhyāya 33: Vāsuki’s Council on Averting the Sarpa-satra

Devanagari script

वव्राज तरसा वेगाद्‌ वायुं स्पर्थनू महाजव: । तं व्रजन्तं खगश्रेष्ठं वज्रेणेन्द्रो5भ्यताडयत्‌

Transliteration

Śaunaka uvāca |

vavrāja tarasā vegād vāyuṃ spṛśanū mahājavaḥ |

taṃ vrajantaṃ khagaśreṣṭhaṃ vajreṇendro 'bhyatāḍayat ||

Translation

ผู้มีกำลังและความเร็วใหญ่เหาะไปด้วยแรงและความไวรุนแรง ประหนึ่งแข่งขันกับลม ครั้นยอดแห่งนกนั้นกำลังไป อินทราก็ฟาดด้วยวัชระใส่เขา

Word by Word

• वव्राज: went forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• तरसा: with speed/force
• तरसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरस्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• वेगात्: from/owing to impetus
• वेगात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• वायुम्: the wind
• वायुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• स्पर्धन्: competing (with)
• स्पर्धन्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्पर्ध्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• महाजवः: of great speed
• महाजवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाजव
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• व्रजन्तम्: going
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्रज्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), masculine, accusative, singular

• खगश्रेष्ठम्: the best of birds
• Type: Noun
• Root: खगश्रेष्ठ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• वज्रेण: with the thunderbolt
• वज्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अभ्यताडयत्: struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: तड्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada, अभि

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• शौनक (Śaunaka)
• इन्द्र (Indra)
• वज्र (Vajra, thunderbolt)
• वायु (Vāyu, wind)
• खगश्रेष्ठ (the best of birds)