Shloka 37

Droṇasya raudra-prayogaḥ

Droṇa’s intensified assault and the Pāṇḍava response

Devanagari script

नरेश्वर! उस समय गीध, बाज, बगले, कंक और हजारों कौवे आपकी सेनाके ऊपर- ऊपर उड़ने लगे ।। गोमायवदश्च प्राक्रोशन्‌ भयदान्‌ दारुणान्‌ रवान्‌ | अकार्षुरपसव्यं च बहुश: पृतनां तव

Transliteration

nareśvara! tadā gṛdhrāḥ śyenā baka-kāṅkāś ca sahasraśaḥ kākaś ca tava senāyā upari-upari vyacaranta. gomāyavaś ca prākrośan bhayadān dāruṇān ravān; akāruṣur apasavyaṃ ca bahuśaḥ pṛtanāṃ tava.

Translation

আৰু শিয়ালবোৰেও ভয় জগোৱা কৰ্কশ চিঞৰ-বাখৰ কৰিবলৈ ধৰিলে। সিহঁতে বাৰে বাৰে অপসব্যভাৱে (বাওঁফালে) আপোনাৰ সেনাৰ চাৰিওফালে ঘূৰিলে—ই আছিল ঘোৰ অনিষ্টৰ লক্ষণ।

Word by Word

• गोमायवः: jackals
• गोमायवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमायु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• प्राक्रोशन्: cried out
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + क्रुश्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• भयदान्: fear-giving
• भयदान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दारुणान्: terrible
• दारुणान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रवान्: cries/sounds
• रवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अकार्षुः: did/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अपसव्यम्: counterclockwise (inauspiciously)
• अपसव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपसव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• बहुशः: many times/repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुशस्

• पृतनाम्: army
• पृतनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृतना
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address nareśvara)
• Kaurava army (tava senā / tava pṛtanā)
• vultures (gṛdhrāḥ)
• hawks (śyenāḥ)
• herons (bakāḥ)
• kites (kāṅkāḥ)
• crows (kākāḥ)
• jackals (gomāyavaḥ)