Shloka 17

Devanagari script

ते वध्यमाना: समरे पार्थचापच्युतै: शरै: । तत्र तत्र सम लीयन्ते भये जाते महारथा:,अर्जुनके धनुषसे छूटे हुए बाणोंद्वारा समरांगणमें मारे जाते हुए कौरव-महारथी भयके मारे इधर-उधर छिपने लगे

Transliteration

te vadhyamānāḥ samare pārthacāpacyutaiḥ śaraiḥ | tatra tatra sama līyante bhaye jāte mahārathāḥ ||

Translation

সঞ্জয় বললেন—পার্থের ধনুক থেকে ছুটে আসা তীরে যুদ্ধে নিহত হতে হতে সেই কৌরব মহারথীরা ভয়ে সন্ত্রস্ত হয়ে এখানে-সেখানে লুকোতে লাগল।

Word by Word

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

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

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पार्थचापच्युतैः: by (arrows) released from Arjuna's bow
• पार्थचापच्युतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थचापच्युत
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• तत्र: there (here and there)
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• सम्: together/fully (prefix)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्
• Form: true

• लीयन्ते: hide / take refuge / disappear
• Type: Verb
• Root: ली (लय)
• Form: Lat, Present, Ātmanepada, Third, Plural, Active (Ātmanepada usage)

• भये: in fear
• भये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जाते: when (fear) had arisen / having arisen
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Arjuna’s bow
• arrows (śara)
• Kaurava mahārathas