Shloka 12

प्राग्ज्योतिषे वज्रदत्त-धनंजय-समागमः

Vajradatta Confronts Dhanaṃjaya at Prāgjyotiṣa

Devanagari script

तथैवान्ये महेष्वासा ये च तस्यानुयायिन: । मुमुचु: शरवर्षाणि धनंजयवधैषिण:,इसी प्रकार उसके अनुयायी वीरोंमें भी जो दूसरे-दूसरे महान्‌ धनुर्धर थे, वे भी अर्जुनको मार डालनेकी इच्छासे उनपर बाणोंकी वर्षा करने लगे

Transliteration

tathaivānye maheṣvāsā ye ca tasyānuyāyinaḥ | mumucuḥ śaravarṣāṇi dhanaṃjayavadheṣiṇaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: In the same way, other mighty archers as well—those who were his followers—poured down showers of arrows, driven by the desire to slay Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna).

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महा-इष्वासाः: great archers
• महा-इष्वासाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• तस्य: of him/that (one)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अनुयायिनः: followers
• अनुयायिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुयायिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मुमुचुः: they released, let fly
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• शर-वर्षाणि: showers of arrows
• शर-वर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• धनंजय-वध-एषिणः: seeking the slaying of Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजय-वध-एषिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धनंजयवधैषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna)
• anuyāyinaḥ (followers)
• śara (arrows)
• dhanus (bow, implied by maheṣvāsāḥ)