Shloka 71

अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa

Chapter 161

Devanagari script

अद्य मद्घाणजालानि विमुक्तानि सहस्रश: । द्रक्ष्यन्ति समरे योधा: शलभानामिवायती:

Transliteration

adya madghāṇajālāni vimuktāni sahasraśaḥ | drakṣyanti samare yodhāḥ śalabhānām ivāyatīḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Heute, mitten im Kampf, werden die Krieger meine Netze der Vernichtung sehen, zu Tausenden gelöst—sich ausbreitend wie Schwärme von Heuschrecken.“

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• मत्: of me/my
• मत्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• घाणजालानि: nets of arrows
• घाणजालानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: घाणजाल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• विमुक्तानि: released/shot forth
• विमुक्तानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+मुच्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• सहस्रशः: by thousands, in thousands
• सहस्रशः: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशः

• द्रक्ष्यन्ति: will see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

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

• योधाः: warriors
• योधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शलभानाम्: of locusts/moths
• शलभानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: शलभ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• आयतीः: lines/rows/flight (approaches)
• आयतीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयती
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• warriors (yodhāḥ)
• nets (jālāni)
• battle (samara)