Shloka 563

Sātyaki-praveśaḥ and Duryodhana-saṃnipātaḥ

Sātyaki’s passage and Duryodhana’s mass engagement

Devanagari script

रजसा संवृते लोके शरजालसमावृते । राजन! तदनन्तर पाण्डवोंके और आपके धनुर्धरोंका परस्पर युद्ध होने लगा। उस समय सब लोग धूलसे आवृत और बाणसमूहसे आच्छादित हो गये थे

Transliteration

rajasā saṃvṛte loke śarajālasamāvṛte | rājan! tadanantaraṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca tava dhanurdharāṇāṃ parasparaṃ yuddhaṃ babhūva | tadā sarve janā dhūlenāvṛtāḥ śarasamūhenācchāditāś ca babhūvuḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, when the world was veiled in dust and covered over by a net of arrows, immediately thereafter a mutual battle broke out between the Pandavas’ bowmen and yours. In that moment, all were obscured by dust and overwhelmed beneath volleys of shafts.”

Word by Word

• रजसा: by dust
• रजसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• संवृते: covered
• संवृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-वृ (वृञ् आवरणे)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• लोके: in the world / in the region
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शरजालसमावृते: covered with a net/mass of arrows
• शरजालसमावृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शर-जाल-सम्-आ-वृ (वृञ् आवरणे)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')
• Pāṇḍavas
• Kaurava archers (tava dhanurdharāḥ)
• arrows (śara)
• dust (rajas/dhūli)