Shloka 23

Vāraṇāvata-praveśa and Jatugṛha-saṃdeha

Entry into Vāraṇāvata and Suspicion of the Lac-House

Devanagari script

ततो बद्धाड्गुलित्राणा बद्धकक्षा महारथा: । बद्धतूणा: सधनुषो विविशुर्भरतर्षभा:,उसके बाद भरतवंशियोंमें श्रेष्ठ वे वीर राजकुमार बड़े-बड़े रथोंके साथ दस्ताने पहने, कमर कसे, पीठपर तूणीर बाँधे और धनुष लिये हुए उस रंगमण्डपके भीतर आये

Transliteration

tato baddhāṅgulitrāṇā baddhakakṣā mahārathāḥ | baddhatūṇāḥ sadhanūṣo viviśur bharatarṣabhāḥ ||

Translation

随后，那些如雄牛般的婆罗多后裔——乘坐雄伟战车的伟大战士——进入竞技亭：指护已系牢，腰带紧束，箭箙负于背上，手执弓弦在握。

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya

• बद्ध-अङ्गुलित्राणाः: having fastened finger-guards/gloves
• बद्ध-अङ्गुलित्राणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्गुलित्राण
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• बद्ध-कक्षाः: with girded waists (belts fastened)
• बद्ध-कक्षाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कक्षा
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• महा-रथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महा-रथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• बद्ध-तूणाः: with quivers fastened
• बद्ध-तूणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तूण
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• स-धनुषः: with bows
• स-धनुषः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• विविशुः: entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: Perfect (liṭ), 3rd person, plural, Parasmaipada

• भरत-ऋषभाः: bulls among the Bharatas (best of the Bharata race)
• भरत-ऋषभाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bharatas (Bharata lineage)
• mahārathas (great chariot-warriors)
• chariots
• aṅgulitrāṇa (finger-guards)
• tūṇa (quivers)
• dhanus (bows)
• raṅgamaṇḍapa (arena pavilion, implied)