Shloka 38

Irāvān-nidhana-anantaraṃ Ghaṭotkaca-nādaḥ

After Irāvān’s fall: Ghaṭotkaca’s roar and the clash with Duryodhana

Devanagari script

विरथं तं समालोक्य हताश्वं हतसारथिम्‌ । महता शरवर्षेण च्छादयामास संयुगे,भूरिश्रवाने धृष्टकेतुको घोड़े और सारथिके मारे जानेसे रथहीन हुआ देख युद्धस्थलमें बाणोंकी बड़ी भारी वर्षा करके ढक दिया

Transliteration

virathaṃ taṃ samālokya hatāśvaṃ hatasārathim | mahatā śaravarṣeṇa cchādayāmāsa saṃyuge ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing him left without a chariot—his horses slain and his charioteer killed—Bhūriśravas, in the thick of battle, covered Dhṛṣṭaketu with a mighty shower of arrows.

Word by Word

• वि-रथम्: without a chariot, chariotless
• वि-रथम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: him/that one
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सम्-आलोक्य: having seen/observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: आलोक् (सम्-आलोक्)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• हत-अश्वम्: whose horses were slain
• हत-अश्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हत-सारथिम्: whose charioteer was slain
• हत-सारथिम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सारथि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महता: with great (force/extent)
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• शर-वर्षेण: with a rain of arrows
• शर-वर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च्छादयामास: covered/veiled
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद्
• Form: लिट् (periphrastic perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संयुगे: in the battle
• संयुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संयुग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dṛṣṭaketu
• Bhūriśravas
• chariot
• horses
• charioteer
• arrows
• battlefield