Shloka 43

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Sañjaya-saṃvādaḥ; madhyāhna-saṅgrāma-pravṛttiḥ

Dhritarashtra–Sanjaya dialogue and the midday battle escalation

Devanagari script

तदस्त्रं भस्मसात्‌ कृत्वा मायां तां राक्षसीं तदा,उस समय उस दिव्यास्त्रने उस राक्षसी मायाको तत्काल भस्म करके अलम्बुषके ऊपर सब ओरसे दूसरे-दूसरे बाणोंकी उसी प्रकार वर्षा आरम्भ की, जैसे वर्षा-ऋतुमें मेघ पर्वतपर जलकी धाराएँ गिराता है

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | tad astraṁ bhasmasāt kṛtvā māyāṁ tāṁ rākṣasīṁ tadā, alambuṣasyopari sarvataḥ punar anyair anyair bāṇair evaṁ vṛṣṭim ārabhata yathā varṣā-ṛtau meghaḥ parvate jaladhārāḥ pātayati |

Translation

তখন সেই দিব্যাস্ত্র রাক্ষসী মায়াটিকে ভস্ম করে দিল।

Word by Word

• तत्: that (weapon/astram)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अस्त्रम्: missile, weapon
• अस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• भस्मसात्: to ashes, utterly (into ash-state)
• भस्मसात्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भस्मसात्

• कृत्वा: having made/done
• कृत्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active

• मायाम्: illusion, magic
• मायाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• ताम्: that (her/that one)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• राक्षसीम्: demoness (rakshasi)
• राक्षसीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षसी
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• तदा: then, at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Alambuṣa
• astra (divine missile)
• māyā (rākṣasī illusion)
• bāṇa (arrows)
• megha (rain-cloud)
• parvata (mountain)
• varṣā-ṛtu (rainy season)