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Mahabharata
Vaivāhika-parva (dravya-parīkṣā) (The Testing by Objects)1.186.10–11
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Mahabharata · 1.186.10–11
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Devanāgarī

तान् सिंहविक्रान्तगतीन् अवेक्ष्य; महर्षभाक्षान् अजिनोत्तरीयान् ॥
गूढोत्तरांसान् भुजगेन्द्रभोग;प्रलम्बबाहून् पुरुषप्रवीरान् ॥
राजा च राज्ञः सचिवाश् च सर्वे; पुत्राश् च राज्ञः सुहृदस् तथैव ॥
प्रेष्याश् च सर्वे निखिलेन राजन्; हर्षं समापेतुर् अतीव तत्र ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

tān siṃhavikrāntagatīn avekṣya; maharṣabhākṣān ajinottarīyān ||
gūḍhottarāṃsān bhujagendrabhoga;pralambabāhūn puruṣapravīrān ||
rājā ca rājñaḥ sacivāś ca sarve; putrāś ca rājñaḥ suhṛdas tathaiva ||
preṣyāś ca sarve nikhilena rājan; harṣaṃ samāpetur atīva tatra ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
तान् सिंहविक्रान्तगतीन् अवेक्ष्य महर्षभाक्षान् अजिनोत्तरीयान्tān siṃhavikrāntagatīn avekṣya maharṣabhākṣān ajinottarīyānseeing those men, whose gait was like lions, whose eyes were like mighty bulls, in hides worn as upper garments,
गूढोत्तरांसान् भुजगेन्द्रभोगप्रलम्बबाहून् पुरुषप्रवीरान्gūḍhottarāṃsān bhujagendrabhogapralambabāhūn puruṣapravīrānwith broad [/concealed] shoulders, with arms long as the body of the king of serpents -- heroes among men,
राजा च राज्ञः सचिवाः च सर्वे पुत्राः च राज्ञः सुहृदः तथा एवrājā ca rājñaḥ sacivāḥ ca sarve putrāḥ ca rājñaḥ suhṛdaḥ tathā evathe king, and the king's counselors, all of them, and the king's sons, and his friends likewise,
प्रेष्याः च सर्वे निखिलेन राजन् हर्षं समापेतुः अतीव तत्रpreṣyāḥ ca sarve nikhilena rājan harṣaṃ samāpetuḥ atīva tatraand all the servants entirely, O king, were filled there with the greatest joy;
भुजगेन्द्रभोगbhujagendrabhogaoriginal form «bhujagendrabhoga», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रलम्बबाहून्pralambabāhūnoriginal form «pralambabāhūn», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सचिवाश्sacivāśoriginal form «sacivāś», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पुत्राश्putrāśoriginal form «putrāś», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुहृदस्suhṛdasoriginal form «suhṛdas», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथैवtathaivaoriginal form «tathaiva», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
प्रेष्याश्preṣyāśoriginal form «preṣyāś», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
समापेतुर्samāpeturoriginal form «samāpetur», added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation

"Seeing those men -- whose gait was like lions, whose eyes were like mighty bulls, in hides worn as upper garments, with broad shoulders, with arms long as the body of the king of serpents, heroes among men -- the king and all his counselors, and the king's sons and friends, and all the servants entirely, O king, were filled there with the greatest joy."

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