Shloka 32
Adhyāya 168: Arjuna’s counters to māyā-rains and the onset of darkness
Nivātakavaca engagement
Devanagari script
भूय एव महाराज सविशेषमहं ततः । अस्त्रपूगेन महता रणे भूतमवाकिरम्,महाराज! तब मैंने पुनः विशेष प्रयत्न करके रणभूमिमें किरातरूपधारी उस अद्भुत पुरुषपर महान् अस्त्रसमूहकी वर्षा की
Transliteration
bhūya eva mahārāja saviśeṣam ahaṃ tataḥ | astrapūgena mahatā raṇe bhūtam avākiram ||
Translation
قال أرجونا: «ثمّ من جديد، أيها الملك العظيم، وبجهدٍ خاصٍّ مضاعف، أمطرتُ في ساحة القتال ذلك الكائن العجيب—الذي اتّخذ هيئةَ كيراتا (Kirāta)—بوابلٍ عظيم من الأسلحة.»
Word by Word
भूयःagain, once more
भूयः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयस्
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
महाराजO great king
महाराज:
TypeNoun
Rootमहाराज
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
सविशेषम्with special effort; especially
सविशेषम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस-विशेष
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
अस्त्रपूगेनwith a mass/cluster of weapons
अस्त्रपूगेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअस्त्रपूग
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
महताgreat, mighty
महता:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
रणेin battle
रणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरण
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
भूतम्the being; the one present there
भूतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अवाकिरम्I showered/scattered (upon)
अवाकिरम्:
TypeVerb
Rootअव√कॄ (किरति)
FormAorist (simple past), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
अजुन उवाच
Characters & Entities
A
ArjunaM
Mahārāja (addressed king, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in context)K
Kirāta (hunter-form, i.e., Śiva in disguise)A
Astra (weapons/missiles)R
Raṇa (battlefield)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes