Shloka 12

Adhyāya 22: Śālva’s Weapon-Shower, Dāruka’s Wounding, and the Māyā-Report of Vasudeva’s Father

Devanagari script

ततोऊहं पर्वतचित: सहय: सहसारथि: । अप्रख्यातिमियां राजन सर्वतः पर्वतैश्चित:,राजन! मेरे चारों ओर शिलाखण्ड जमा हो गये थे। मैं घोड़ों और सारथिसहित प्रस्तरखण्डोंसे चुना-सा गया था, जिससे दिखायी नहीं देता था

Transliteration

tato ’haṃ parvatacitaḥ sahayaḥ sahasārathiḥ | aprakhyātim iyāṃ rājan sarvataḥ parvataiś citaḥ ||

Translation

随后，大王啊，我连同战马与御者一并被群山般的巨石堆压覆。四面尽是叠起的磐石，我变得难以辨认，竟至不可见。

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

ऊहंI

पर्वतचितःheaped/covered with rocks (mountain-stones)

सहtogether with

अश्वैःwith horses

सहtogether with

सारथिःcharioteer

अप्रख्यातिम्invisibility/obscurity (not being seen)

इयम्this

राजन्O king

सर्वतःon all sides

पर्वतैःwith mountains/rocks

चितःpiled up, heaped, covered

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva (Wind-god)

rājan (the king, addressee)

horses

sārathi (charioteer)

parvata (mountain/rock-mass)

śilākhaṇḍa/prastara (boulders/stone fragments; implied by context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even great strength can be rendered unseen by overwhelming circumstances; the ethical emphasis is on steadfastness and the capacity to endure and recover without abandoning right purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva tells the king that he, along with his horses and charioteer, was buried/covered on all sides by piled rocks, becoming unrecognizable and effectively invisible.