Shloka 3

अभिमन्योर् विक्रमः — Abhimanyu’s Disruptive Advance and the Gāndharva-astra Counter

Devanagari script

त॑ तथा शरवर्षेण क्षोभयन्तमरिन्दमम्‌ । यथा प्रधाना: सौभद्रमभ्ययू रथसत्तमा:,इस प्रकार बाणोंकी वर्षासे कौरवसेनामें हलचल मचाते हुए शत्रुदमन सुभद्राकुमारपर आपकी सेनाके प्रधान-प्रधान महारथियोंने एक साथ आक्रमण किया

Transliteration

taṁ tathā śaravarṣeṇa kṣobhayantam arindamam | yathā pradhānāḥ saubhadram abhyayū rathasattamāḥ ||

Translation

قال سانجيا: وبينما كان ذلك القامعُ للأعداء يُبقي جيشَ الكورافا في اضطرابٍ بسيلٍ من السهام، كذلك تقدّم معًا أبرعُ رجال جيشك—خيرةُ مقاتلي العربات—ليهاجموا ساوبهدرا (أبهيمانيو).

Word by Word

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

• शर-वर्षेण: by a shower of arrows
• शर-वर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• क्षोभयन्तम्: agitating, causing turmoil (in)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षोभयत् (from causative धातु: क्षुभ्)
• Form: Present active participle (Parasmaipada), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अरि-न्दमम्: foe-subduing (enemy-tamer)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरिन्दम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• प्रधानाḥ: chief, foremost
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रधान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सौभद्रम्: the son of Subhadrā (Abhimanyu)
• सौभद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभद्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्ययूḥ: they assailed, they attacked
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-या (धातु: या)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• रथ-सत्तमाḥ: best of chariot-warriors
• रथ-सत्तमाḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Saubhadra (Abhimanyu)
• Kaurava army
• principal mahārathas (foremost chariot-warriors)
• arrows (śara)