Shloka 27

Ulūpī–Citravāhinī Saṃvāda: Dhanaṃjaya-patana and Prāya-threat

Devanagari script

तान्‌ स गाण्डीवनिर्मुक्तान्‌ वज़्ाशनिसमप्रभान्‌ । नाराचानच्छिनद्‌ राजा भल्लै:सर्वास्त्रिधा द्विधा,परंतु राजा बभ्रुवाहनने गाण्डीव धनुषसे छूटे हुए वज और बिजलीके समान तेजस्वी उन समस्त नाराचोंको अपने भल्लोंद्वारा मारकर प्रत्येकके दो-दो, तीन-तीन टुकड़े कर दिये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

tān sa gāṇḍīva-nirmuktān vajrāśani-samaprabhān |

nārācān acchinad rājā bhallaiḥ sarvāṃs tridhā dvidhā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: The king cut down those nārāca arrows that had been released from the Gāṇḍīva—arrows blazing like the thunderbolt and lightning—splitting them with his bhalla shafts, each into two or three pieces.

Word by Word

तान्those (arrows)

सःhe

गाण्डीव-निर्मुक्तान्released from the Gāṇḍīva (bow)

वज्र-अशनि-सम-प्रभान्having splendor like a thunderbolt and lightning

नाराचान्iron arrows (nārācas)

अच्छिनत्cut / severed

राजाthe king

भल्लैःwith (his) bhalla-arrows

सर्वान्all

त्रिधाinto three parts / threefold

द्विधाinto two parts / twofold

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Gāṇḍīva

rājā (the king)

nārāca (arrows)

bhalla (arrows)

vajra

aśani

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes