Shloka 216

Nakula–Śakuni Duel and the Night Battle; Śikhaṇḍin–Kṛpa Engagement (नकुल-शकुनियुद्धं तथा रात्रियुद्धवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

शरवर्षाणि घोराणि मेघाविव परस्परम्‌ | भूरिश्रवा और सात्यकि दोनों शत्रुदमन वीरोंने दो मेघोंकी भाँति परस्पर भयंकर बाण- वर्षा प्रारम्भ कर दी

Transliteration

śaravarṣāṇi ghorāṇi meghāv iva parasparam | bhūriśravāś ca sātyakiś ca ubhau śatrudamanau vīrau meghayor iva parasparaṃ bhayaṅkaraṃ bāṇa-varṣaṃ prārabdhavantau ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Like two storm-clouds confronting one another, Bhūriśravas and Sātyaki—both heroes famed for subduing foes—began to pour upon each other a dreadful rain of arrows.

Word by Word

• शरवर्षाणि: showers of arrows
• शरवर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• घोराणि: terrible, dreadful
• घोराणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• मेघौ: two clouds
• मेघौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

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

• परस्परम्: mutually, against each other
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhūriśravas
• Sātyaki
• arrows (śara/bāṇa)
• clouds (megha)