Shloka 77.16Unverified draft
कुमाराश्च महात्मानो वीर्येणाप्रतिमा भुवि। कृतदारा: कृतास्त्राश्च सधना: ससुहृज्जना:। शुश्रूषमाणा: पितरं वर्तयन्ति नरर्षभा:
Meaning
The noble princes — unrivalled in valour, now married, skilled in arms, wealthy, and surrounded by friends — went about attending to their father.
Word-by-word (pada-artha)
| Word | Devanagari | Meaning | Grammatical role |
|---|---|---|---|
| kumārā: | कुमाराः | the princes | nominative |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| mahātmāna: | महात्मानः | great-souled | nominative adjective |
| vīryeṇa | वीर्येण | in valor | instrumental |
| apratimā: | अप्रतिमाः | unequalled | nominative adjective |
| bhuvi | भुवि | on earth | locative |
| kṛtadārā: | कृतदाराः | having married (taken wives) | nominative adjective |
| kṛtāstrā: | कृतास्त्राः | trained in weapons | nominative adjective |
| ca | च | and | conjunction |
| sadhanā: | सधनाः | possessed of wealth | nominative adjective |
| sasuhṛjjanā: | ससुहृज्जनाः | together with friends and kinsmen | nominative adjective |
| śuśrūṣamāṇā: | शुश्रूषमाणाः | attending upon, serving | nominative present participle |
| pitaram | पितरम् | their father | accusative |
| vartayanti | वर्तयन्ति | pass their time, live | verb, present |
| nararṣabhā: | नरर्षभाः | the bulls among men | nominative |
Reference: 1.77.16 · Bāla Kāṇḍa