Shloka 29

Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 77 — Saindhava resistance, Arjuna’s restraint, and Duḥśalā’s supplication

Devanagari script

तस्य शब्देन वित्रेसुर्भयार्ताश्च विदुद्र॒ुवु: । मुमुचुश्नाश्रु शोकार्ता: शुशुचुश्चापि सैन्धवा:,कितने ही गाण्डीवकी टंकार-ध्वनिसे ही थर्रा उठे। बहुतेरे भयसे व्याकुल होकर भाग गये और अनेक सैन्धव योद्धा शोकसे आतुर होकर आँसू बहाने एवं शोक करने लगे

Transliteration

tasya śabdena vitrēsurbhayārtāś ca vidudruvuḥ | mumucuś cāśru śokārtāḥ śuśucuś cāpi saindhavāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: At the sound of it, they were shaken with terror; those stricken by fear fled in all directions. And the Saindhava warriors, overwhelmed by grief, let their tears fall and lamented aloud—so dreadful was the twang of the Gāṇḍīva that it broke their courage and foretold ruin.

Word by Word

तस्यof him/its

शब्देनby/with the sound

वित्रेसुःthey trembled/were terrified

भयार्ताःdistressed by fear

चand

विदुद्रुवुःthey ran away/fled

मुमुचुःthey released/let fall

अश्रुtears

शोकार्ताःafflicted with grief

शुशुचुःthey grieved/lamented

चand

अपिalso

सैन्धवाःthe Sindhu-people/Saindhavas

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Saindhavas

Gāṇḍīva (bow)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes