Shloka 95

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

ततोअन्यं रथमास्थाय थधनुर्विस्फार्य दुर्मना:

Transliteration

tato 'nyaṃ ratham āsthāya tad dhanuḥ visphārya durmanāḥ

Translation

Then, mounting another chariot and twanging his bowstring, he grew downcast.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/then')

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• आस्थाय: having mounted
• आस्थाय: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (आ + स्था)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), 'having mounted/ascended'

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, nominative, singular

• विस्फार्य: having twanged/stretched
• विस्फार्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्फुर्/स्फार् (वि + स्फार्)
• Form: Absolutive (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-भाव), 'having twanged/stretched (the bow)'

• दुर्मनाः: dejected/ill-minded
• दुर्मनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्मनस्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• chariot (ratha)
• bow (dhanuḥ)