Shloka 19

Sātyaki-praveśaḥ and Duryodhana-saṃnipātaḥ

Sātyaki’s passage and Duryodhana’s mass engagement

Devanagari script

तयोज्यातलनिर्घोष: शुश्रुवे युद्धशौण्डयो:

Transliteration

tayor jyātala-nirghoṣaḥ śuśruve yuddha-śauṇḍayoḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: The sharp twang of the bowstrings of those two battle-hardened warriors was heard—an ominous, ringing sound that signaled their readiness to meet each other in combat.

Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: common, genitive, dual

• ज्यातलनिर्घोषः: the sound caused by the bowstring (twang/roar)
• ज्यातलनिर्घोषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्यातलनिर्घोष
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शुश्रुवे: was heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, singular, ātmanepada

• युद्धशौण्डयोः: of the two battle-experts/warriors
• युद्धशौण्डयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्धशौण्ड
• Form: masculine, genitive, dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• two unnamed warriors (tayor)