Shloka 18

Baka Dālbhya at Avakīrṇa-tīrtha: Rāṣṭra-kṣaya and Release through Prasāda (Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 40)

Devanagari script

निर्ययौ नगराच्चापि चतुरज्भबलान्वित: । स गत्वा दूरमध्वानं वसिष्ठाश्रममभ्ययात्‌,तब वे चतुरंगिणी सेना लेकर नगरसे निकल पड़े और दूरतकका रास्ता तय करके वसिष्ठके आश्रमके पास जा पहुँचे

Transliteration

niryayau nagarāccāpi catur-aṅga-balānvitaḥ | sa gatvā dūram adhvānaṃ vasiṣṭhāśramam abhyayāt ||

Translation

于是他率领完备的四部军（车、象、马、步）出离城邑。行经长途之后，他来到婆悉吒的隐修院近旁。

Word by Word

• निर्ययौ: went out, departed
• निर्ययौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-या (धातु √या)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नगरात्: from the city
• नगरात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• चतुरङ्गबलान्वितः: endowed with a fourfold army
• चतुरङ्गबलान्वितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुरङ्गबलान्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु √गम्)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada-usage

• दूरम्: far
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर

• अध्वानम्: road, journey (distance)
• अध्वानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वसिष्ठाश्रमम्: Vasiṣṭha's hermitage
• वसिष्ठाश्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठाश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्ययात्: approached, came near
• अभ्ययात्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-या (धातु √या)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• city (nagara)
• fourfold army (catur-aṅga-bala)
• Vasiṣṭha
• Vasiṣṭha's hermitage (Vasiṣṭhāśrama)