Mahabharata — Virata Parva, Shloka 34

अध्याय ५८ — वानरध्वजस्य महेन्द्रास्त्रप्रयोगः

Chapter 58: Arjuna’s Deployment of the Indra-Weapon

Devanagari script

एकच्छायमिवाकाशं बाणैक्षक्रे समन्‍्ततः । नादृश्यत तदा द्रोणो नीहारेणेव संवृत:

Transliteration

ekacchāyam ivākāśaṃ bāṇaiś cakre samantataḥ | nādṛśyata tadā droṇo nīhāreṇeva saṃvṛtaḥ ||

Translation

قال فايشَمبايَنا: لقد ملأ أرجونا السماء من كل جانب بوابلٍ متصل من السهام حتى بدا كأنها صارت كتلةً واحدة من الظل. وفي ذلك الحجاب المُعمي لم يعد درونا يُرى، كأنه ملفوفٌ بالضباب—وهي صورة تُبرز كيف يمكن لإتقان السلاح أن يحجب لحظةً حتى المعلّم الموقَّر، فيما يظلّ التوتر الأخلاقي بين البأس والهيبة بلا حسم.

Word by Word

• एकच्छायम्: as (having) one shadow / one shade
• एकच्छायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकच्छाया
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• आकाशम्: the sky
• आकाशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• चक्रे: made, did
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• समन्ततः: on all sides, all around
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अदृश्यत: was seen / appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• तदा: then, at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• द्रोणः: Drona
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नीहारेण: by mist, with fog
• नीहारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीहार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• संवृतः: covered, enveloped
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संवृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Droṇa
• Arjuna
• ākāśa (sky)
• bāṇa (arrows)
• nīhāra (mist/fog)