Shloka 16

धृतराष्ट्रस्य क्रतु-प्रवर्तनम् तथा पाण्डवानां निमन्त्रण-प्रतिवचनम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Sacrifice Commences and the Pandavas’ Reply to the Invitation

Devanagari script

भूय एवाभ्यवर्तन्त शतशो5थ सहस्रश:ः । गन्धर्वभूता पृथिवी क्षणेन समपद्यत

Transliteration

bhūya evābhyavartanta śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ | gandharvabhūtā pṛthivī kṣaṇena samapadyata ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：他们又一次回涌而来，先是成百，继而成千；顷刻之间，整个大地仿佛化作乾闼婆的场域，四处尽是他们的身影与喧嚣。

Word by Word

• भूयः: again, once more
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अभ्यवर्तन्त: they returned/turned back (towards)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, 3, plural

• शतशः: by hundreds, in hundreds
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस्

• अथ: then, and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सहस्रशः: by thousands, in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

• गन्धर्वभूता: having become (full of) Gandharvas / turned into Gandharvas
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गन्धर्वभूत
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• पृथिवी: the earth
• पृथिवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• क्षणेन: in an instant, by a moment
• क्षणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• समपद्यत: became, came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: पद्
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), आत्मनेपदम्, 3, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Gandharvas
• Pṛthivī (the earth)