Shloka 36

Yadu-vaṃśa and the Haihaya Line: From Yadu to Kārtavīrya Arjuna

Devanagari script

निर्जित्य वशमानीय माहिष्मत्यां बबन्ध तम् / ततो गत्वा पुलस्त्यस्तमर्जुनं च प्रसाधयत्

Transliteration

nirjitya vaśamānīya māhiṣmatyāṃ babandha tam / tato gatvā pulastyastamarjunaṃ ca prasādhayat

Translation

Matapos magwagi at pasukuin siya, iginapos niya si Arjuna sa Mahishmati; saka dumating si Pulastya upang payapain at palugurin siya.

Word by Word

• nirjitya: having conquered
• nirjitya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-ji (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), from √ji (जि) with prefix nir-; ‘having conquered’

• vaśam: control, subjugation
• vaśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ānīya: having brought (into)
• ānīya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-nī (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्/णिच्-भाव), from √nī (नी) with prefix ā-; ‘having brought (into)’

• māhiṣmatyām: in Māhiṣmatī (city)
• māhiṣmatyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhiṣmatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• babandha: bound, tied
• babandha: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bandh (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; pronoun

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त) from √gam (गम्); ‘having gone’

• pulastyaḥ: Pulastya (sage)
• pulastyaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pulastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; pronoun

• arjunam: Arjuna (Kārtavīrya Arjuna)
• arjunam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arjuna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Indeclinable conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)

• prasādhayat: appeased, conciliated
• prasādhayat: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-sādh (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Singular; causative/denominative sense ‘to appease/conciliate’