Shloka 119

Ulūka’s Provocation and Keśava’s Counter-Message (उलूकदूत्ये केशवप्रत्युत्तरम्)

Devanagari script

वासुदेवसहस्रं वा फाल्गुनानां शतानि वा । आसाद्य माममोधेषुं द्रविष्पन्ति दिशो दश,“हजारों श्रीकृष्ण और सैकड़ों अर्जुन भी अमोघ बाणोंवाले मुझ वीरके पास आकर दसों दिशाओंमें भाग जायँगे

Transliteration

vāsudeva-sahasraṃ vā phālgunānāṃ śatāni vā | āsādya mām amogheṣuṃ draviṣyanti diśo daśa ||

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: “Kahit isang libong Vāsudeva o daan-daang Phālguna pa ang humarap sa akin—sa akin na ang mga palaso’y hindi pumapalya—mapipilitan silang tumakas sa lahat ng sampung panig.”

Word by Word

• वासुदेवसहस्रम्: a thousand (of) Vāsudevas (Kṛṣṇas)
• वासुदेवसहस्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव + सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• फाल्गुनानाम्: of (the) Phālguna(s) (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• शतानि: hundreds
• शतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• आसाद्य: having approached / reaching
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• अमोघेषुम्: one whose arrows are unfailing (unerring-armed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमोघ + इषु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• द्रविष्यन्ति: will run / will flee
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु
• Form: Simple Future (लृट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• दिशः: the directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• दश: ten
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: —, Accusative, Plural (indeclinable numeral usage)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Phālguna (Arjuna)
• amogha-īṣu (unfailing arrows)
• daśa diśaḥ (the ten directions)