Shloka 4

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

Devanagari script

तस्यान्तरं स दृष्टवैव पर्यवर्तत खेचर: । अरान्तरेणाभ्यपतत संक्षिप्याडुं क्षणेन ह,पक्षी गरुड उसके भीतरका छिद्र--उसमें घुसनेका मार्ग देखते हुए खड़े रहे। फिर एक क्षणमें ही वे अपने शरीरको संकुचित करके उस चक्रके अरोंके बीचसे होकर भीतर घुस गये

Transliteration

tasya antaraṃ sa dṛṣṭvaiva paryavartata khecaraḥ | arāntareṇābhyapatat saṃkṣipyāḍuṃ kṣaṇena ha |

Translation

ครั้นสุปัรณะผู้เหินเวหามองเห็นช่องว่างภายใน—ทางเข้าสู่ด้านใน—ก็หยุดชั่วครู่และบินวนเพื่อกะทางผ่าน แล้วในพริบตาเดียวเขาหดกายให้เล็กลง พุ่งลอดช่องแคบระหว่างซี่ล้อแห่งจักรที่หมุนกราด และเข้าไปภายในได้

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that (wheel/discus)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अन्तरम्: the interior; the gap/opening
• अन्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-vishesana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Invariable

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Nipata
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: true

• पर्यवर्तत: he moved around; he circled
• पर्यवर्तत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada, परि-

• खेचरः: the sky-goer (bird, Garuḍa)
• खेचरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: खेचर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर-अन्तरेण: through the space between the spokes
• अर-अन्तरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर-अन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अभ्यपतत: he flew/jumped into; he darted in
• अभ्यपतत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, अभि-

• संक्षिप्य: having contracted/drawn in
• संक्षिप्य: Kriya-vishesana
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Invariable, सम्-

• अङ्गम्: his body/limbs
• अङ्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• क्षणेन: in a moment; within an instant
• क्षणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• ह: Nipata
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह
• Form: true

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• शौनक (Śaunaka)
• गरुड (Garuḍa)
• चक्र (wheel/discus-like mechanism)
• अर (spokes of the wheel)