Shloka 286

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 107: Karṇa–Bhīma Saṃmarda

Arrow-storm Engagement

Devanagari script

व्यदीपयंस्ते पृतनां युगान्तादित्यसंनिभा: । ये नौ उत्तम ध्वज आपकी सेनामें बहुत ऊँचे थे और प्रलयकालके सूर्यके समान अपना प्रकाश फैलाते हुए आपकी सेनाको उद्धासित कर रहे थे

Transliteration

vyadīpayaṃs te pṛtanāṃ yugāntāditya-sannibhāḥ | ye nau uttama-dhvajā āpākī senāmeṃ bahut ūṃce the aura pralayakāla-ke sūrya ke samāna apnā prakāśa phailāte hue āp kī senā ko udbhāsita kara rahe the |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Those lofty standards and banners, radiant like the sun at the end of an age, were spreading their blaze and lighting up your army.”

Word by Word

• व्यदीपयन्: they illuminated / caused to shine
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+दीपय् (दीप् caus.)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पृतनाम्: the army
• पृतनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृतना
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• युगान्त: at the end of the age (at dissolution-time)
• युगान्त: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युगान्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• आदित्य: with the sun / like the sun
• आदित्य: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• संनिभाः: resembling, comparable to
• संनिभाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संनिभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• army (pṛtanā/senā)
• banners/standards (dhvajāḥ)
• Sun (Āditya)
• yugānta (end-of-age imagery)