Mahabharata 7.21.33 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 21, Shloka 33
द्रोणविक्रमदर्शनम् / The Display of Droṇa’s Onslaught and the Debate on Pāṇḍava Regrouping
Devanagari script
नानद्यमान: पर्जन्यो मिश्रवातो हिमात्यये । अश्मवर्षमिवावर्षत् परेषां भयमादधत्
Translation
Sañjaya sprach: Wie eine vom Wind durchsetzte Wolke am Ende der kalten Jahreszeit gewaltig dröhnt und gleichsam einen Steinhagel niedergehen lässt, so ließ Droṇācārya, den Feinden Furcht einflößend, einen Pfeilhagel auf sie herabregnen.
Word by Word
नानद्यमानःroaring, thundering
नानद्यमानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootनन्द् (नद्) धातु; नानद्यमान (शतृ-प्रत्यय)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पर्जन्यःrain-cloud
पर्जन्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपर्जन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मिश्रवातःmixed with wind, wind-laden
मिश्रवातः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootमिश्र-वात
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिमात्ययेat the end of winter (when cold passes)
हिमात्यये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootहिम-अत्यय
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
अश्मवर्षम्a shower of stones (hail-like)
अश्मवर्षम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअश्म-वर्ष
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
अवर्षत्rained down, poured
अवर्षत्:
TypeVerb
Rootवृष् (वर्षणे)
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular
परेषाम्of the enemies, of the others
परेषाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपर
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
भयम्fear
भयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आदधत्placing, causing, producing
आदधत्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootआ-धा (धारणे)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
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Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
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