Shloka 4

Adhyāya 195 — Arjuna’s Capability and Restraint Regarding Divyāstras

Udyoga Parva

Devanagari script

ते शूराश्नित्रवर्माणस्तप्तकुण्डलधारिण: । आज्यावसिक्ता ज्वलिता धिष्ण्येष्विव हुताशना:

Transliteration

te śūrāś chitravarmāṇas taptakuṇḍaladhāriṇaḥ | ājyāvasiktā jvalitā dhiṣṇyeṣv iva hutāśanāḥ ||

Translation

เหล่าวีรบุรุษนั้นสวมเกราะอันรุ่งเรือง ทรงตุ้มหูที่สุกสว่างดุจถูกเผา และเปล่งประกายดั่งไฟบูชาบนแท่นบูชา เมื่อได้รับเนยใสหลั่งรดแล้วก็ลุกโชนเจิดจ้า

Word by Word

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शूराः: heroes, brave men
• शूराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अश्नित्रवर्माणः: wearing/possessing armor with neck-guard (gorgeted armor)
• अश्नित्रवर्माणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्नित्रवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तप्तकुण्डलधारिणः: wearing heated/gleaming earrings
• तप्तकुण्डलधारिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप्तकुण्डलधारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• आज्यावसिक्ताः: sprinkled/anointed with ghee
• आज्यावसिक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आज्यावसिक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ज्वलिताः: blazing, flaming
• ज्वलिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वलित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धिष्ण्येषु: on the hearths/altars (fire-places)
• धिष्ण्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धिष्ण्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• हुताशनाः: fires (Agni), eaters of oblations
• हुताशनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुताशन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• hutāśana (Agni/fire)
• dhiṣṇya (sacrificial hearth/altar)
• ājya (ghee)