Shloka 12
Adhyāya 8: Saṃprahāra-varṇana and Bhīma–Kṣemadhūrti Dvipa-Yuddha
Combat Description and Elephant Duel
Devanagari script
यस्य ज्यातलशब्देन शरवृष्टिरवेण च । रथाश्वनरमातज् नावतिष्ठन्ति संयुगे,जिसकी प्रत्यंचाकी टंकार तथा बाण-वर्षके भयंकर शब्दसे भयभीत हो रथी, घुड़सवार, गजारोही और पैदल सैनिक युद्धमें सामने नहीं ठहर पाते थे
Transliteration
yasya jyātalaśabdena śaravṛṣṭiraveṇa ca | rathāśvanaramātaṅgā na avatiṣṭhanti saṁyuge ||
Translation
যার ধনুর্জ্যার টংকার ও বাণবৃষ্টির ভয়ংকর গর্জনে রথী, অশ্বারোহী, গজারোহী ও পদাতিক সৈন্যরাও যুদ্ধে স্থির থাকতে পারত না।
Word by Word
यस्यof whom/whose
यस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
ज्यातलशब्देनby the sound of the bowstring (twang)
ज्यातलशब्देन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootज्या-तल-शब्द
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
शरवृष्टिःa shower of arrows
शरवृष्टिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशरवृष्टि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
रवेणby the roar/sound
रवेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootरव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
रथcharioteers/chariot-warriors
रथ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरथ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अश्वhorsemen/cavalry
अश्व:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नरmen/foot-soldiers
नर:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
मातङ्गाःelephants/elephant-riders
मातङ्गाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमातङ्ग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अवतिष्ठन्तिstand/hold their ground
अवतिष्ठन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअव-स्था
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
संयुगेin battle
संयुगे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंयुग
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaB
bowstring (jyā)A
arrows (śara)C
chariot-warriors (rathāḥ)H
horsemen (aśvāḥ)E
elephants/elephant-riders (mātaṅgāḥ)F
foot-soldiers (narāḥ)B
battlefield (saṁyuga)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes