Shloka 30

Sātyaki-praveśaḥ and Duryodhana-saṃnipātaḥ

Sātyaki’s passage and Duryodhana’s mass engagement

Devanagari script

विमलैर्निशितै: शस्त्रैहयानां च प्रकीर्णकै: । जातरूपमयीभिश्व राजतीभि श्र मूर्थसु

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | vimalair niśitaiḥ śastrair hayānāṃ ca prakīrṇakaiḥ | jātarūpamayībhiś ca rājatībhiḥ śirormukheṣu ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: With spotless, razor-sharp weapons scattered about, and with the horses lying strewn, the scene also shone with golden ornaments and bright, silvery head-gear upon the heads—an image of splendor set amid the ruin of battle, where outward brilliance cannot conceal the moral weight of slaughter.

Word by Word

• विमलैः: with spotless/bright
• विमलैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शस्त्रैः: weapons
• शस्त्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• हयानाम्: of horses
• हयानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रकीर्णकैः: with scattered (ones/fragments)
• प्रकीर्णकैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रकीर्णक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• जातरूपमयीभिः: with (things) made of gold
• जातरूपमयीभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जातरूपमयी
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• राजतीभिः: with shining (ones)
• राजतीभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राजती (√राज्/राजते)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• शिरोमूर्धसु: on the heads/crowns
• शिरोमूर्धसु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरोमूर्धन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• weapons (śastra)
• horses (haya)
• golden ornaments (jātarūpamaya)
• shining/silvery head-gear or adornments (rājatī)
• heads/faces (śirormukha)