Shloka 203

पाण्डवपरिचयः—विराटसभायां प्रकाशनम्

Identification of the Pāṇḍavas in Virāṭa’s Court

Devanagari script

शान्तिं परां प्राप्प यदा स्थितो भू- रुत्सृज्य बाणांश्व धनुर्विचित्रम्‌ । “पितामह! यह आपके हाथसे कैसे बच गया? आप इसे इस प्रकार मथ डालिये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | śāntiṃ parāṃ prāpya yadā sthito bhūr utsṛjya bāṇāṃś ca dhanur vicitram |

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：当他抛下箭矢与奇妙之弓，沉入极深的寂静，昏厥倒卧于地时，善檀奴之子毗湿摩笑着对难敌说：“大王！当你舍弃华美的弓箭，陷于深沉昏迷而卧于此处之时，你的判断在哪里——你的勇武又在哪里？”

Word by Word

• शान्तिम्: peace
• शान्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पराम्: supreme, great
• पराम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• यदा: when
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• स्थितः: stood, remained
• स्थितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भूः: the earth (or: the being/one who is)
• भूः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उत्सृज्य: having cast away, abandoning
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√सृज्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• बाणान्: arrows
• बाणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विचित्रम्: variegated, wonderful
• विचित्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīṣma
• Duryodhana
• Śantanu
• bow (dhanus)
• arrows (bāṇa)