Shloka 363

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 107: Karṇa–Bhīma Saṃmarda

Arrow-storm Engagement

Devanagari script

अदृश्यांस्तावकान्‌ योधानू्‌ प्रचक्रे शत्रुतापन: । उस समय शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले नरव्याप्र अर्जुनने अपने छोड़े हुए सहस्तरों बाणोंद्वारा आपके योद्धाओंको अदृश्य कर दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

adṛśyāṁs tāvakān yodhān pracakre śatrutāpanaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Arjuna, the scorcher of foes, made your warriors invisible—so wholly were they covered and overwhelmed by the torrents of thousands of arrows he released. In the war’s moral atmosphere, the image declares that prowess, yoked to a vowed cause, can render even mighty fighters powerless and lost to sight amid the consequences of the side they chose.

Word by Word

• अदृश्यान्: invisible
• अदृश्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदृश्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तावकान्: your (belonging to you)
• तावकान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• योधान्: warriors
• योधान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योद्धृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रचक्रे: made, rendered
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शत्रुतापनः: the tormentor of enemies (Arjuna)
• शत्रुतापनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रुतापन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'tāvakān')
• Kaurava warriors (tāvakāḥ yodhāḥ)
• arrows (implied by the narrative context of being made 'invisible')