Shloka 59

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 114 — Karṇa–Bhīmasena Missile Exchange, Disarmament, and Arjuna’s Intervention

Devanagari script

हेमदण्डोच्छ्ितच्छत्रे बहुशस्त्रपरिच्छदे । योजयामास विधिवद्धेमभाण्डविभूषितान्‌

Transliteration

hemadaṇḍocchritacchatre bahuśastraparicchade | yojayāmāsa vidhivaddhemabhāṇḍavibhūṣitān ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “With a parasol raised on a golden staff, and with abundant weapons and fittings, he duly harnessed and arrayed them, adorning them with golden trappings—an image of royal splendor set amid the grim orderliness of war.”

Word by Word

• हेमदण्डोच्छितच्छत्रे: in/with a parasol raised on a golden staff
• हेमदण्डोच्छितच्छत्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेमदण्ड-उच्छित-छत्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• बहुशस्त्रपरिच्छदे: in/with abundant weapon-gear/armament
• बहुशस्त्रपरिच्छदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु-शस्त्र-परिच्छद
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• योजयामास: he arranged/yoked/equipped
• योजयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular

• विधिवत्: according to rule, duly
• विधिवत्: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत्

• हेमभाण्डविभूषितान्: adorned with golden vessels/ornaments
• हेमभाण्डविभूषितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम-भाण्ड-विभूषित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• royal parasol (chatra)
• golden staff (hemadaṇḍa)
• weapons (śastra)
• golden trappings/equipment (hemabhāṇḍa)