स एकदा महाराज विचरन् मृगयां वने । वृत: कतिपयामात्यैरश्वमारुह्य सैन्धवम् ॥ २३ ॥ प्रगृह्य रुचिरं चापं शरांश्च परमाद्भुतान् । दंशितोऽनुमृगं वीरो जगाम दिशमुत्तराम् ॥ २४ ॥
sa ekada maharaja vicaran mrgayam vane vrtah katipayamatyair asvam aruhya saindhavam pragrhya ruciram capam sarams ca paramadbhutan damsito ’numrgam viro jagama disam uttaram
- sah
- Sudyumna
- ekada
- once upon a time
- maharaja
- O King Pariksit
- vicaran
- touring
- mrgayam
- for hunting
- vane
- in the forest
- vrtah
- accompanied
- katipaya
- a few
- amatyaih
- by ministers or associates
- asvam
- upon a horse
- aruhya
- riding
- saindhavam
- born in the Sindhupradesa
- pragrhya
- holding in hand
- ruciram
- beautiful
- capam
- bow
- saran ca
- and arrows
- parama-adbhutan
- very wonderful, uncommon
- damsitah
- wearing armor
- anumrgam
- behind the animals
- virah
- the hero
- jagama
- went toward
- disam uttaram
- the north
O King Pariksit, that hero Sudyumna, accompanied by a few ministers and associates and riding on a horse brought from Sindhupradesa, once went into the forest to hunt. He wore armor and was decorated with bows and arrows, and he was very beautiful. While following the animals and killing them, he reached the northern part of the forest.