Shloka 23

प्राग्ज्योतिषे वज्रदत्त-धनंजय-समागमः

Vajradatta Confronts Dhanaṃjaya at Prāgjyotiṣa

Devanagari script

धनुष: पततस्तस्य सव्यसाचिकराद्‌ विभो | बभूव सदृशं रूप॑ं शक्रचापस्य भारत,प्रभो! भरतनन्दन! अर्जुनके हाथसे गिरते हुए उस धनुषका रूप इन्द्रधनुषके समान प्रतीत होता था

Transliteration

dhanūṣaḥ patatas tasya savyasācikarād vibho | babhūva sadṛśaṃ rūpaṃ śakracāpasya bhārata prabho bharatanandana ||

Translation

“โอผู้ทรงเดช โอภารตะผู้เป็นที่ชื่นใจแห่งวงศ์ภารตะ! เมื่อคันธนูนั้นหลุดจากมือของสวยสาจิน (อรชุน) และร่วงลง รูปลักษณ์ของมันประหนึ่งคันธนูของศักระ—สายรุ้ง”

Word by Word

• धनुः: the bow
• धनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पततः: while (it was) falling / of (it) falling
• पततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular, Shatr (present active participle)

• तस्य: of it / its
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सव्यसाचि-करात्: from the hand of Savyasācin (Arjuna)
• सव्यसाचि-करात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचि-कर
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• विभो: O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• बभूव: became / appeared
• बभूव: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सदृशम्: similar
• सदृशम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सदृश
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• रूपम्: form / appearance
• रूपम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शक्र-चापस्य: of Śakra's bow (Indra's bow / rainbow)
• शक्र-चापस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र-चाप
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna (Savyasācin)
• Śakra (Indra)
• Śakracāpa (Indra’s bow / rainbow)
• Bow (dhanus)