Shloka 31

Adhyāya 111 (Book 6): Daśama-dina-saṃgrāma—Bhīṣma’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira and the Śikhaṇḍin-Led Advance

Devanagari script

आत्तशस्त्रो रणे यत्नाद्‌ वारयामास सायकै: । राजन! वे अस्त्र-शस्त्र लेकर पाण्डवपक्षके पाँच श्रेष्ठ महारथियोंका रफणक्षेत्रमें बाणोंद्वारा यत्नपूर्वक निवारण करने लगे ।। ३० ड ।। नानाशत्त्रास्त्रवर्षैस्तान्‌ वीर्यामर्षप्रवेरितै:

Transliteration

āttaśastro raṇe yatnād vārayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ | rājan nānāśastrāstravarṣais tān vīryāmarṣapravīritaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Taking up his weapons, O King, he strove on the battlefield to check them with volleys of arrows. Driven by valor and fierce indignation, he rained down diverse weapons and missiles to restrain those warriors.

Word by Word

• आत्तशस्त्रः: having taken up weapons
• आत्तशस्त्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्त-शस्त्र (शस्त्र)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यत्नात्: with effort / carefully
• यत्नात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• वारयामास: he checked / restrained
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वारयति)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सायकैः: with arrows
• सायकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• नाना: various / manifold
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना

• शस्त्रास्त्रवर्षैः: with showers of weapons and missiles
• शस्त्रास्त्रवर्षैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र-अस्त्र-वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• तान्: those (men)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वीर्यामर्षप्रवेरितैः: impelled by valor and wrath
• वीर्यामर्षप्रवेरितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्य-अमर्ष-प्रवेरित
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (rājan)
• arrows (sāyaka)
• weapons (śastra)
• missiles/astrāṇi (astra)
• battlefield (raṇa)