Shloka 65

Droṇa Encircled at Night: Coalition Advance and Battlefield Omens (द्रोणपर्यावरणं रात्रियुद्धवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

जैसे वर्षा-ऋतुमें मेघ पर्वतपर जलधाराओंकी वर्षा करते हैं, उसी प्रकार वे आपके पुत्र युद्धस्थलमें भयंकर कर्म करनेवाले पाण्डुपुत्र भीमसेनपर बाणोंकी वर्षा करने लगे ।। स तद्‌ बाणमयं वर्षमश्मवर्षमिवाचल: । प्रतीच्छन्‌ पाण्डुदायादो न प्राव्यथत शत्रुहा

Transliteration

sa tad bāṇamayaṁ varṣam aśmavarṣam ivācalaḥ | pratīcchan pāṇḍudāyādo na prāvyathata śatruhā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: As rain-clouds in the wet season pour their streams upon a mountain, so did your sons on the battlefield rain arrows upon Bhīmasena, the son of Pāṇḍu of dreadful deeds. But the slayer of foes received that rain of arrows like a mountain enduring a shower of stones, and he did not waver.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बाणमयम्: consisting of arrows
• बाणमयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाणमय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वर्षम्: shower, rain
• वर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अश्मवर्षम्: a shower of stones
• अश्मवर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अचलः: a mountain
• अचलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतीच्छन्: receiving, enduring
• प्रतीच्छन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-इष्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डुदायादः: the heir/descendant of Pāṇḍu
• पाण्डुदायादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुदायाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• प्राव्यथत: was not distressed/shaken
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-व्यथ्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शत्रुहा: slayer of enemies
• शत्रुहा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रुहन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Pāṇḍu
• Pāṇḍavas (by implication: pāṇḍudāyāda)
• arrows (bāṇa)
• mountain (acala)
• stone-shower (aśmavarṣa)