Shloka 10

Śakuntalā’s Satya-Discourse and the Recognition of Bharata (शकुन्तला–सत्योपदेशः; भरतप्रतिग्रहः)

Devanagari script

पश्यन्तः स्त्रीगणास्तत्र वज्रपाणिं सम मेनिरे । अयं स पुरुषव्यात्रो रणे वसुपराक्रम:

Transliteration

paśyantaḥ strīgaṇās tatra vajrapāṇiṃ sama menire | ayaṃ sa puruṣavyāghro raṇe vasuparākramaḥ ||

Translation

เมื่อเฝ้ามองอยู่ ณ ที่นั้น หมู่สตรีต่างเห็นพระองค์ประหนึ่งวชรปาณี (พระอินทร์ผู้ถือสายฟ้า) — “นี่คือพยัคฆ์ท่ามกลางบุรุษ; ในสนามรบเดชานุภาพของท่านดุจเหล่าวสุทั้งหลาย”

Word by Word

• पश्यन्तः: seeing
• पश्यन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत् (√पश्)
• Form: वर्तमान (शतृ), पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• स्त्रीगणाः: groups of women
• स्त्रीगणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्त्रीगण
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• वज्रपाणिम्: Vajrapāṇi (Indra; 'he whose hand holds the thunderbolt')
• वज्रपाणिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रपाणि
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सम्: indeed / altogether (intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• मेनिरे: they thought / considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन्
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, बहुवचन

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पुरुषव्याघ्रः: tiger among men / best of men
• पुरुषव्याघ्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: पुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• वसुपराक्रमः: one whose prowess is like that of the Vasus / having Vasu-like valor
• वसुपराक्रमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुपराक्रम
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• strīgaṇa (womenfolk)
• Vajrapāṇi (Indra)
• Vasus