Shloka 44

Duryodhana Seeks Droṇa’s Counsel; Imperative to Protect Jayadratha; Pāñcāla Assault on Duryodhana

Devanagari script

बाणशब्दरवांश्रोग्रान्‌ विमिश्रान शड्खनिःस्वनै: । प्रादुश्चक्रुमहात्मान: सिंहनादरवानपि,उन महामनस्वी वीरोंने शंखध्वनिसे मिले हुए बाणजनित भयंकर शब्दों और सिंहनादको भी प्रकट किया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

bāṇaśabdaravāṁś cogrān vimiśrān śaṅkhanisvanaiḥ |

prāduścakruḥ mahātmānaḥ siṁhanādaravān api ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Those high-souled warriors raised fierce, arrow-born roars—mingled with the blare of conches—and they also sent forth thunderous lion-like battle-cries.

Word by Word

• बाणशब्दरवान्: arrow-sounds and roars (clamours)
• बाणशब्दरवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण-शब्द-रव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• उग्रान्: fierce, terrible
• उग्रान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विमिश्रान्: mingled, intermingled
• विमिश्रान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमिश्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शङ्खनिःस्वनैः: with the sounds of conches
• शङ्खनिःस्वनैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख-निःस्वन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रादुः: forth, manifest
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रादुः

• चक्रुः: they made/raised
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• महात्मानः: the great-souled (heroes)
• महात्मानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सिंहनादरवान्: roars of lion-like shouts
• सिंहनादरवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंहनाद-रव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arrows (bāṇa)
• conches (śaṅkha)
• lion-roar battle-cry (siṁhanāda)
• mahātmānaḥ (the noble warriors)