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Shloka 28

अथापरे शरैरविंद्धा क्ष॒क्रवेगेरितास्तथा । वेलामिव समासाद्य व्यतिष्ठचन्नमितौजस:

athāpare śarair avinddhāḥ śakravegeritās tathā | velām iva samāsādya vyatiṣṭhacan namitaujasaḥ ||

پھر دوسرے بے پناہ جلال والے دیتی اور دانَو تیر کھا کر اور چکر کے زور سے لرزتے ہوئے، سمندر کی اُن لہروں کی مانند جو ساحل سے ٹکرا کر ٹھہر جاتی ہیں، حد تک آ کر وہیں رک گئے؛ آگے بڑھ نہ سکے۔

अथthen/now
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
अपरेothers (the rest)
अपरे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
शरैःwith arrows
शरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अविद्धाःpierced/wounded
अविद्धाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + व्यध्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle) with अव- prefix sense
चक्रवेगेरिताःimpelled/agitated by the wheel-like speed
चक्रवेगेरिताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootचक्रवेग + ईरित (ईर्/ईरय्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)
इवlike/as
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
समासाद्यhaving reached/approached
समासाद्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + आ + सद्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (gerundial usage)
वेलाम्the shore/limit (coastline)
वेलाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेला
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
व्यतिष्ठन्they stood still/they halted
व्यतिष्ठन्:
TypeVerb
Rootवि + स्था
FormImperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
अमितौजसःof immeasurable strength/energy
अमितौजसः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअमित-ओजस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तथाthus/in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
D
daitya-dānava (implied by the Hindi gloss)
Ś
śara (arrows)
C
cakra (discus)
V
velā (shore/boundary)
S
samudra (ocean, implied by the simile)

Educational Q&A

Power and aggression meet natural limits: when confronted by superior force (here, weapons), even the mighty are checked and must stop—an image that underscores restraint and the inevitability of boundaries in conflict.

A group of opponents, wounded by arrows and shaken by the rush of a discus, advance only up to a limit and then halt—likened to waves that surge to the shore but cannot go beyond it.