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

Wika ni Vaiśampāyana: Ang mga bayaning yaon, nakabaluti ng maningning na sandata at may mga hikaw na kumikislap na wari’y pinainit, ay nagningas sa liwanag—gaya ng apoy ng handog sa dambana, na bagong pinakain ng nilinaw na mantikilya at naglalagablab.

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)