Shloka 62

Duryodhana’s Śaraṇāgati and the Pāṇḍavas’ Resolve

Gandharva Encounter

Devanagari script

नानाप्रहरणं घोरमदृश्यत महद्‌ बलम्‌ | तद्‌ वै घोरमसंख्येयं गर्जच्च विविधा गिर:

Transliteration

nānāpraharaṇaṁ ghoraṁ adṛśyata mahad balam | tad vai ghoraṁ asaṅkhyeyaṁ garjacca vividhā giraḥ ||

Translation

Da erschien ein gewaltiges, schauriges Heer, mit vielerlei Waffen gerüstet. Wahrlich, es war furchtbar und unzählbar und brüllte mit mancherlei Schlachtrufen—ein unheilvoller Ansturm kriegerischer Macht.

Word by Word

• नाना: various, many kinds of
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना

• प्रहरणम्: weaponry, arms
• प्रहरणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहरण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• घोरम्: terrible
• घोरम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अदृश्यत: was seen, appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada (passive sense)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• बलम्: army, force
• बलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• घोरम्: terrible
• घोरम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• असंख्येयम्: countless
• असंख्येयम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असंख्येय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गर्जत्: roaring
• गर्जत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गर्ज्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विविधाः: various
• विविधाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• गिरः: voices, cries
• गिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• महत् बलम् (a great army/host)
• नानाप्रहरण (various weapons)
• विविधा गिरः (various cries/roars)