Shloka 28

Devanagari script

अथापरे शरैरविंद्धा क्ष॒क्रवेगेरितास्तथा । वेलामिव समासाद्य व्यतिष्ठचन्नमितौजस:

Transliteration

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

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：其余诸众亦然——被箭矢贯穿，又为神轮疾冲之势所震撼——如海浪拍岸般涌至边界，便在彼处止步。他们的威力已被折断，再也无法向前推进。

Word by Word

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अपरे: others (the rest)
• अपरे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अविद्धाः: pierced/wounded
• अविद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + व्यध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle) with अव- prefix sense

• चक्रवेगेरिताः: impelled/agitated by the wheel-like speed
• चक्रवेगेरिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चक्रवेग + ईरित (ईर्/ईरय्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

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

• समासाद्य: having reached/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (gerundial usage)

• वेलाम्: the shore/limit (coastline)
• वेलाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेला
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• व्यतिष्ठन्: they stood still/they halted
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + स्था
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अमितौजसः: of immeasurable strength/energy
• अमितौजसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमित-ओजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: thus/in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• daitya-dānava (implied by the Hindi gloss)
• śara (arrows)
• cakra (discus)
• velā (shore/boundary)
• samudra (ocean, implied by the simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.