Shloka 62

द्रोणेन केकय-चेदि-वीरवधः

Droṇa’s engagements with the Kekayas and Cedis

Devanagari script

शरवंशं शरस्थूणं शराच्छादनमद्भुतम्‌ । शरवेश्माकरोत्‌ पार्थस्त्वष्टेवाद्भुतकर्मकृत्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | śaravaṁśaṁ śarasthūṇaṁ śarācchādanam adbhutam | śaraveśmākarot pārthas tvaṣṭevādbhuta-karmakṛt ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Arjuna, performing wondrous deeds like Tvaṣṭṛ the divine craftsman, fashioned an astonishing structure entirely of arrows—its framework, its pillars, and even its covering—turning the very instruments of war into a marvel of skill.

Word by Word

• शरवंशम्: a bamboo-grove of arrows (arrow-bamboo)
• शरवंशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवंश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शरस्थूणम्: a pillar/heap of arrows
• शरस्थूणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरस्थूण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शराच्छादनम्: a covering made of arrows
• शराच्छादनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शराच्छादन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अद्भुतम्: marvellous, wonderful
• अद्भुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शरवेश्म: a house/dwelling of arrows
• शरवेश्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवेश्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अकरोत्: made, constructed
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• पार्थः: Pārtha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वष्टा: Tvaṣṭṛ (the divine artisan)
• त्वष्टा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वष्टृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अद्भुतकर्मकृत्: doer of wondrous deeds
• अद्भुतकर्मकृत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुतकर्मकृत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Tvaṣṭṛ
• arrows (śara)
• arrow-made structure/house (śaraveśma)