Shloka 23

Vyāsa’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira: Pratismṛti-vidyā, Arjuna’s Aśtra-Quest, and the Move to Kāmyaka

Devanagari script

त॑ तथा प्रस्थितं वीरं शालस्कन्धोरुमर्जुनम्‌

Transliteration

taṁ tathā prasthitaṁ vīraṁ śālaskandhorum arjunam

Translation

毗湿摩波罗衍那说：于是他们看见英雄阿周那就此出发——其大腿如娑罗树粗壮的树干——带着坚定不移的意志离去。

Word by Word

• तत्: him/that (one)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• प्रस्थितम्: set out, departed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-स्था (धातु: स्था)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वीरम्: hero, brave man
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शालस्कन्धोरुम्: having thighs like the trunk of a śāla tree
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाल-स्कन्ध-ऊरु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अर्जुनम्: Arjuna
• अर्जुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• śāla tree