Shloka 4

भीमसेनस्य गदायुद्ध-प्रभावः

The Battlefield Impact of Bhīmasena’s Mace Combat

Devanagari script

ततः शल्यरथं तूर्णमास्थाय हतवाहन: । द्रौणि: पाउ्चालदायादम भ्यवर्षदथेषुभि:,वाहनोंके मारे जानेपर अश्वत्थामा तुरंत ही शल्यके रथपर चढ़ गया और वहींसे धृष्टद्युम्नपर बाणोंकी वर्षा करने लगा

Transliteration

tataḥ śalyarathaṃ tūṛṇam āsthāya hatavāhanaḥ | drauṇiḥ pāñcāladāyādam abhyavarṣad atheṣubhiḥ ||

Translation

নিজের রথ ও অশ্ব নিহত হলে দ্রোণপুত্র অশ্বত্থামা তৎক্ষণাৎ শল্যের রথে আরোহণ করল এবং সেখান থেকে পাঞ্চালদের দায়াদ ধৃষ্টদ্যুম্নের উপর তীক্ষ্ণ শরবর্ষণ করতে লাগল।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from/thereupon')

• शल्य-रथम्: the chariot of Śalya
• शल्य-रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य-रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• आस्थाय: having mounted
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada: 'having mounted/ascended'

• हत-वाहनः: whose horses/vehicle were slain
• हत-वाहनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत-वाहन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रौणिः: Drauṇi (Aśvatthāmā)
• द्रौणिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाञ्चाल-दायादम्: the heir/son of the Pāñcālas (Dhr̥ṣṭadyumna)
• पाञ्चाल-दायादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल-दायाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यवर्षत्: showered upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-वृष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ
• Form: Avyaya

• इषुभिः: with arrows
• इषुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Aśvatthāmā (Drauṇi)
• Śalya
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pāñcāladāyāda)
• Śalya’s chariot
• arrows (iṣu)