Shloka 72

Devanagari script

तस्य ज्यातलनिर्घोषं विस्फूर्जितमिवाशने: । निशम्य सर्वतो राजन्‌ समकम्पन्त सैनिका:,राजन! वज्रकी गड़गड़ाहटके समान उनके धनुषकी प्रत्यंचाकी टंकारध्वनि सुनकर सब ओरके सैनिक काँपने लगे

Transliteration

tasya jyātalanirghoṣaṁ visphūrjitam ivāśaneḥ | niśamya sarvato rājan samakampanta sainikāḥ ||

Translation

সঞ্জয় বললেন—হে রাজন! বজ্রের গর্জনের মতো তাঁর ধনুর্জ্যার টংকার-ধ্বনি চারদিক থেকে শুনে সৈন্যরা কেঁপে উঠল।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that (person)
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• ज्यातलनिर्घोषम्: the loud twang of the bowstring
• ज्यातलनिर्घोषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्यातलनिर्घोष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विस्फूर्जितम्: roaring/resounding
• विस्फूर्जितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्फूर्जित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अशनेः: of the thunderbolt (i.e., thunder)
• अशनेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशनिः
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• निशम्य: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-शम्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• सर्वतः: on all sides/everywhere
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• समकम्पन्त: they trembled
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-कम्प्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सैनिकाः: soldiers
• सैनिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैनिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• the King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied by address rājan)
• bow (dhanus, implied)
• bowstring (jyā)
• thunderbolt (aśani/vajra, as simile)