Shloka 13

Sātyaki-praveśaḥ and Duryodhana-saṃnipātaḥ

Sātyaki’s passage and Duryodhana’s mass engagement

Devanagari script

इषुजालावृतं व्योम चक्रतुः पुरुषर्षभौ । पूरयामासतुर्वीरावुभी दश दिश: शरै:,उन दोनों पुरुषशिरोमणि वीरोंने आकाशको बाणोंके समूहसे आच्छादित कर दिया और दसों दिशाओंको बाणोंसे भर दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

iṣujālāvṛtaṃ vyoma cakratuḥ puruṣarṣabhau |

pūrayāmāsatur vīrāv ubhī daśa diśaḥ śaraiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Those two bull-like heroes among men so thickly veiled the sky with a net of arrows that they seemed to fill all ten directions with shafts.

Word by Word

• इषुजालावृतम्: covered by a net/mass of arrows
• इषुजालावृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इषुजाल-आवृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• व्योम: sky
• व्योम: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योमन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चक्रतुः: they two made/did
• चक्रतुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Dual

• पुरुषर्षभौ: two best of men
• पुरुषर्षभौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• पूरयामासतुः: they two filled
• पूरयामासतुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूरय् (causative of पूर्/पॄ)
• Form: Periphrastic perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Dual

• वीरौ: two heroes
• वीरौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• उभी: both
• उभी: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Dual

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• two heroes (puruṣarṣabhau)
• sky (vyoma)
• arrows (iṣu/śara)
• ten directions (daśa diśaḥ)