Shloka 38

अध्याय ५८ — वानरध्वजस्य महेन्द्रास्त्रप्रयोगः

Chapter 58: Arjuna’s Deployment of the Indra-Weapon

Devanagari script

महानभूत्‌ ततः शब्दो वंशानामिव दहाुताम्‌,उस समय जलते हुए बाँसोंके चटखनेका-सा बड़ा भयंकर शब्द हो रहा था

Transliteration

mahān abhūt tataḥ śabdo vaṃśānām iva dahyatām

Translation

แล้วบังเกิดเสียงใหญ่ชวนสะพรึง ดุจเสียงไม้ไผ่แตกปะทุเมื่อถูกไฟเผา

Word by Word

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभूत्: was/arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• शब्दः: sound/noise
• शब्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वंशानाम्: of bamboos
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• दह्यमानानाम्: of (those) being burnt
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दह्
• Form: Present passive participle (शानच्), Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• śabda (great sound/noise)
• vaṃśa (bamboo-stalks)