Shloka 28

Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana

Devanagari script

कराभ्यामाददानस्य संदधानस्य चाशुगान्‌

Transliteration

karābhyām ādadānasya saṃdadhānasya cāśugān

Translation

Sañjaya said: (He was seen) taking up (the arrows) with both hands and swiftly fitting those fast-flying shafts (to the bow), intent on immediate discharge—an image of practiced martial discipline amid the relentless ethics of war.

Word by Word

• कराभ्याम्: with (his) two hands
• कराभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• आददानस्य: of (him) taking/seizing
• आददानस्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (ददाति)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संदधानस्य: of (him) fixing/placing/setting (on the bow)
• संदधानस्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-धा (दधाति)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आशुगान्: swift arrows
• आशुगान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशुग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• आशुग (swift arrows/shafts)