Shloka 47

द्रोणकर्णयोः निशि संप्रहारः — Night Engagement with Droṇa and Karṇa

Devanagari script

मुमुचु: सूर्यरश्म्याभान्‌ शतश: फाल्गुनं प्रति । उन कौरव-सैनिकोंने सर्पके शरीरके समान प्रतीत होनेवाली अपनी भुजाओंद्वारा धनुषोंको नवाकर अर्जुनपर सूर्यकी किरणोंके समान चमकीले सैकड़ों बाण छोड़े ।। ततस्तानस्यमानांश्व किरीटी युद्धदुर्मद:

Transliteration

mumucuḥ sūryaraśmyābhān śataśaḥ phālgunaṃ prati |

Translation

Sañjaya said: The Kaurava soldiers loosed, by the hundreds, arrows blazing like the sun’s rays, directing them against Phālguna (Arjuna). Bending their bows with arms that seemed like the coils of serpents, they showered him with radiant shafts—an image of war’s fierce momentum, where valor and skill are pressed into service by opposing loyalties.

Word by Word

• मुमुचुः: they released/shot
• मुमुचुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, 3, Plural

• सूर्य: of the sun
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (as first member in compound), Singular

• रश्मि: by rays
• Type: Noun
• Root: रश्मि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (as first member in compound), Plural

• आभान्: shining, radiant
• आभान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आभा
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शतशः: by hundreds; in hundreds
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस्

• फाल्गुनम्: Phalguna (Arjuna)
• फाल्गुनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फाल्गुन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards; against
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तान्: those (arrows/foes, context-dependent)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अस्यमानान्: being hurled/shot
• अस्यमानान्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (क्षेपणे/प्रक्षेपणे) + य (शानच्)
• Form: शानच् (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• किरीटी: the diademed one (Arjuna)
• किरीटी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीटिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युद्ध: in battle
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative (as first member in compound), Singular

• दुर्मदः: fierce/proudly intoxicated (with battle-fury)
• दुर्मदः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्मद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Phālguna (Arjuna)
• Kaurava soldiers
• bows (dhanus)
• arrows (bāṇa)
• sun rays (sūryaraśmi)