Shloka 24

Duryodhana-śibira-praveśaḥ — The Pāṇḍavas Enter the Kaurava Camp; The Burning of Arjuna’s Chariot

Devanagari script

अमर्षवशमापतन्न उदतिष्ठद्‌ विशाम्पते । स्फिग्देशेनोपविष्ट: स दोर्भ्या विष्टभ्य मेदिनीम्‌

Transliteration

amarṣavaśam āpatann na udatiṣṭhad viśāmpate | sphigdeśenopaviṣṭaḥ sa dorbhyāṃ viṣṭabhya medinīm ||

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—ناقابلِ برداشت غصّے کے زیرِ اثر رعایا کا سردار اٹھ نہ سکا۔ وہ کولہوں کے بل بیٹھ گیا اور دونوں بازوؤں سے زمین کو سہارا دے کر ٹک گیا۔

Word by Word

• अमर्ष-वशम्: under the sway of anger/indignation
• अमर्ष-वशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर्ष + वश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आपतत्: fell into / came under
• आपतत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• उदतिष्ठत्: stood up / rose
• उदतिष्ठत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• विशाम्: of the people/subjects
• विशाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• पते: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्फिग्-देशेन: with the hip-region (i.e., on his haunches)
• स्फिग्-देशेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्फिग् + देश
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• उपविष्टः: seated
• उपविष्टः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-विश्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दोर्भ्याम्: with (his) two arms
• दोर्भ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोर्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Dual

• विष्टभ्य: having propped/supporting
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तभ्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• मेदिनीम्: the earth/ground
• मेदिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• viśāmpati (a king/lord of the people)
• medinī (earth)