Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तस्य संदधतस्ती क्ष्णान्‌ शरांश्षासक्तमस्यत:

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Und während er den Bogen anlegte und spannte, schoss er unablässig scharfe Pfeile—die im Leib des Feindes stecken blieben, wie ein aus Tod geflochtenes Seil.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• संदधतः: while (he) was fixing/aiming (the weapon)
• संदधतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + धा
• Form: Present (Shatru-participle), Singular, Masculine, Genitive

• तीक्ष्णान्: sharp
• तीक्ष्णान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शस्त्रासक्तम्: engaged in/attached to weapons (i.e., weapon-busy)
• शस्त्रासक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शस्त्र + आसक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्यत्: (he) hurled/shot
• अस्यत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (क्षेपणे)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

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