Shloka 32

Chapter 51: Saṃdhyākāla-saṃhāra

Evening Withdrawal after Arjuna’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

पूर्णायतविसृष्टेन क्षुरेण निशितेन च । ध्वजमेकेन चिच्छेद भीमसेनस्य पत्रिणा,फिर धनुषको पूरी तरहसे खींचकर छोड़े हुए एक पंखयुक्त तीखे बाणसे भीमसेनकी ध्वजा काट डाली

Transliteration

pūrṇāyatavisṛṣṭena kṣureṇa niśitena ca | dhvajam ekena ciccheda bhīmasenasya patriṇā ||

Translation

তারপর সম্পূর্ণ টেনে ছোড়া ডানাযুক্ত ক্ষুরধার তীক্ষ্ণ শর দিয়ে তিনি এক আঘাতেই ভীমসেনের ধ্বজা কেটে ফেললেন।

Word by Word

• पूर्णायत: fully drawn (to full length)
• पूर्णायत: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण-आयत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• विसृष्टेन: released, discharged
• विसृष्टेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√सृज (विसृष्ट)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• क्षुरेण: with a razor(-like arrow)
• क्षुरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• निशितेन: sharpened, keen
• निशितेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• ध्वजम्: banner, standard
• ध्वजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकेन: with one (arrow)
• एकेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• चिच्छेद: cut, severed
• Type: Verb
• Root: √छिद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• भीमसेनस्य: of Bhimasena
• भीमसेनस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पत्रिणा: with a feathered (arrow)
• पत्रिणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena
• dhvaja (banner/standard)
• kṣura (razor-edged arrow)
• patriṇ bāṇa (winged arrow)
• bow (implied by ‘fully drawn and released’)