Shloka 30

Adhyāya 18 — Sequential Duels and Formation Pressure

Ulūka–Yuyutsu; Śakuni–Sutasoma; Kṛpa–Dhṛṣṭadyumna; Kṛtavarmā–Śikhaṇḍin

Devanagari script

जातरूपमयै: पुड्खै: शरांशक्ष नतपर्वण: । तैलथौतांश्व नाराचान्‌ विमुक्तानिव पन्नगान्‌

Transliteration

jātarūpamayaiḥ puṅkhaiḥ śarān śakṣa nataparvaṇaḥ | tailadhautāṃś ca nārācān vimuktān iva pannagān | etān paśya (dṛṣṭipātaṃ kuru) ||

Translation

قال سَنْجَيا: «انظر إلى هذه السهام—مزوّدة بريش ذي لون ذهبي، وعُقَدُها منحنية عند مفاصلها؛ وانظر أيضًا إلى سهام النّاراجا اللامعة، وقد غُسلت بالزيت حتى أشرقت. ما إن أُطلقت من القوس حتى تناثرت كالأفاعي. تأمّلها.»

Word by Word

• जातरूपमयैः: made of gold
• जातरूपमयैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जातरूपमय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पुङ्खैः: with fletchings/feathers
• पुङ्खैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुङ्ख
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शक्तान्: capable/strong (well-fixed)
• शक्तान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नतपर्वणः: having bent joints/knots
• नतपर्वणः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नतपर्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तैलथौतान्: washed/cleansed with oil
• तैलथौतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तैलथौत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• नाराचान्: iron arrows (nārāca)
• नाराचान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विमुक्तान्: released/shot
• विमुक्तान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-मुच्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पन्नगान्: serpents
• पन्नगान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• śara (arrows)
• puṅkha (fletchings)
• nārāca (iron arrows)
• taila (oil)
• pannaga (serpents)