Shloka 24

Adhyāya 290: Kuntī’s Mantra-Parīkṣā and the Appearance of Sūrya (कुन्ती–सूर्यसंवादः)

Devanagari script

तमदृश्यं विचिन्वन्त: सृजन्तमनिशं शरान्‌

Transliteration

tam adṛśyaṃ vicinvantaḥ sṛjantam aniśaṃ śarān

Translation

他们搜寻那不可见者，却仍紧盯着他——只见他不停地放射箭矢——这是一幅不息鏖战的图景：感知虽失灵，努力与警觉却不曾松懈。

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अदृश्यम्: invisible
• अदृश्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदृश्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विचिन्वन्तः: searching for
• विचिन्वन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, शतृ (present active participle)

• सृजन्तम्: shooting/letting fly
• सृजन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• अनिशम्: constantly, without pause
• अनिशम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनिशम्

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• an unseen combatant (tam adṛśyam)
• arrows (śarāḥ)