Shloka 2

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Anxiety and Bhīṣma’s Theological Explanation of Pāṇḍava Invincibility

Book 6, Chapter 61

Devanagari script

शरैरतिरथो युद्धे दारयन्‌ रथयूथपान्‌ | ते वध्यमाना: पार्थेन कालेनेव युगक्षये

Transliteration

śarair atiratho yuddhe dārayan rathayūthapān | te vadhyamānāḥ pārthena kāleneva yugakṣaye ||

Translation

যুদ্ধে সেই অতিরথী তাঁর শরবৃষ্টি দিয়ে রথদলের নেতাদের বিদীর্ণ করতে লাগলেন। পার্থের হাতে নিহত হতে হতে তারা এমনভাবে পতিত হচ্ছিল, যেন যুগান্তে কাল নিজেই তাদের বিনাশ করতে এসেছে।

Word by Word

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अतिरथः: the great chariot-warrior
• अतिरथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिरथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दारयन्: tearing/piercing
• दारयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दॄ (दारयति)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रथयूथपान्: leaders of chariot-troops
• रथयूथपान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथयूथप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वध्यमानाः: being slain
• वध्यमानाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध्
• Form: शानच् (present passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पार्थेन: by Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• कालेन: by Time
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• युगक्षये: at the end of an age (yuga)
• युगक्षये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युगक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• atiratha (elite chariot-warrior)
• rathayūthapa (chariot-troop leaders)
• kāla (Time, personified)
• yugakṣaya (end of an age)