Shloka 27

अर्जुनस्य गुरुधर्मविलापः तथा शैनेयकर्णयोर्युद्धारम्भः | Arjuna’s Lament on Guru-Dharma and the Opening of the Sātyaki–Karṇa Duel

Devanagari script

सम्भ्रान्तनरनागाश्चवमावर्तत मुहुर्मुहु: । तत्‌ सैन्यमिषुभिस्तेन वध्यमानं समन्ततः,सात्यकिके बाणोंद्वारा सब ओरसे मारी जाती हुई आपकी सेनाके पैदल, हाथी और घोड़े सभी घबरा गये और बारंबार चक्कर काटने लगे

Transliteration

sambhrāntanaranāgāś ca vamāvartata muhur muhuḥ | tat sainyam iṣubhis tena vadhyamānaṃ samantataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Struck with panic, the foot-soldiers and the elephants (and the rest of the host) wheeled about again and again. Hemmed in on every side and being cut down by his arrows, your army fell into confusion, circling helplessly under Sātyaki’s assault.

Word by Word

सम्भ्रान्तconfused, panic-stricken

नरmen (foot-soldiers)

नागाःelephants

चand

अश्वाःhorses

चand

अवमावर्ततkept wheeling/turning about

मुहुःagain and again

मुहुःrepeatedly

तत्that

सैन्यम्army

इषुभिःwith arrows

तेनby him/thereby

वध्यमानम्being slain/struck down

समन्ततःon all sides

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Sātyaki

Kaurava army

infantry (nara)

war-elephants (nāga)

arrows (iṣu)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes