Shloka 473

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

Devanagari script

वायुभूतान्यदृश्यन्त संसक्तानीतरेतरम्‌ । माननीय नरेश! उन दोनोंके छोड़े हुए बाणसमूह वहाँ परस्पर सटकर अत्यन्त वेगके कारण वायुस्वरूप दिखायी देते थे

Transliteration

vāyubhūtāny adṛśyanta saṃsaktānītaretaram | mānanīya nareśa! ubhayos tyaktāḥ bāṇasaṃghāḥ tatra parasparaṃ saṭitāḥ atyantavegakāraṇād vāyusvarūpā iva dṛśyante sma |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O venerable king, the volleys of arrows released by the two warriors there struck and clung to one another so densely that, driven by their extreme speed, they appeared like the very wind itself.”

Word by Word

• वायुभूतानि: having become like wind; wind-formed
• वायुभूतानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वायुभूत (वायु + भूत)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अदृश्यन्त: were seen/appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada

• संसक्तानि: clinging together; stuck
• संसक्तानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसक्त (सम् + सञ्ज्/सक्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• इतरेतरम्: mutually; to each other
• इतरेतरम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतरेतर

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, addressed as nareśa)
• arrows (bāṇa)
• wind (vāyu)