Shloka 4

Kuru-Sainika-Āśvāsana and Vijayaghoṣaṇa

Reassuring the Kuru Soldiers; Proclaiming Victory

Devanagari script

नराश्चकायान्‌ निर्भिद्य लौहानि कवचानि च । पार्थस्य शरजालानि विनिष्पेतु: सहस्रश:

Transliteration

narāś ca kāyān nirbhidya lauhāni kavacāni ca | pārthasya śarajālāni viniṣpetuḥ sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Die dichten Pfeilsalven Pārthas durchbohrten die Leiber der Männer und zerschmetterten selbst ihre eisernen Panzer; zu Tausenden fielen die Pfeile herab—ein Bild überwältigender Kriegsmacht, in dem Können und Entschlossenheit das Schlachtfeld zu einer Szene unabwendbarer Folgen machen.

Word by Word

• नरान्: men
• नरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कायान्: bodies
• कायान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• निर्भिद्य: having pierced / splitting
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), निर्

• लौहानि: iron (made of iron)
• लौहानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लौह
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• कवचानि: armours
• कवचानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवच
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पार्थस्य: of Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शरजालानि: nets/volleys of arrows
• शरजालानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरजाल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• विनिष्पेतुः: fell down / dropped
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada, वि-निस्

• सहस्रशः: by thousands / in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• śara (arrows)
• kavaca (iron armour)
• narāḥ (warriors)