Shloka 18

हिरण्यपुरवर्णन–रौद्रास्त्रप्रयोगः

Hiraṇyapura Described and the Deployment of the Raudra Weapon

Devanagari script

तेन तेषां प्रणुन्नानामाशुत्वाच्छीघ्रगामिनाम्‌ । नान्वपश्यं तदा किंचित्‌ तन्मे5द्भुतमिवा भवत्‌

Transliteration

tena teṣāṃ praṇunnānām āśutvāc chīghragāminām | nānvapaśyaṃ tadā kiṃcit tan me 'dbhūtam ivābhavat |

Translation

Arjuna nói: “Vì chúng bị thúc đi như thế, lại vì quá nhanh khi lao vút, nên lúc ấy ta chẳng thể nhìn thấy gì cả. Điều đó đối với ta thật như một kỳ diệu.”

Word by Word

• तेन: by that / therefore
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• प्रणुन्नानाम्: of those who were driven/urged on
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + नुद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• आशुत्वात्: because of swiftness
• आशुत्वात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशुत्व
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• शीघ्रगामिनाम्: of the fast-moving (ones)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीघ्रगामिन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• अन्वपश्यम्: I saw / I perceived
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + √पश् (दृश्)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• किञ्चित्: anything / something
• किञ्चित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मे: to me / for me / of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful / astonishing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if / like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अभवत्: was / became
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna