Shloka 593

अजिशीर्षे प्रातःसंध्यायां संग्रामवर्णनम् / Dawn-Transition Battle at Ajiśīrṣa

Chapter 161

Devanagari script

छादयेतां महेष्वासौ कृतप्रतिकृतैषिणौ । राजन! वे दोनों महाधनुर्धर वीर आघातका प्रतिघात करनेकी इच्छासे परस्पर बाणोंकी वर्षा करके एक-दूसरेको आच्छादित करने लगे

Transliteration

chādayetāṁ maheṣvāsau kṛta-pratikṛtaiṣiṇau | rājan! ve dvau mahā-dhanurdhara-vīrau āghātakā pratighāta-karaṇe icchayā parasparaṁ bāṇānāṁ varṣaṁ kṛtvā anyonyaṁ ācchādituṁ pracakratū ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, those two mighty archers, intent on repaying blow with counterblow, began to cover one another by pouring down showers of arrows.

Word by Word

• छादयेताम्: they two would cover / began to cover
• छादयेताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद्
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), 3rd, dual, Parasmaipada

• महा-इष्वासौ: two great bowmen
• महा-इष्वासौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, dual

• कृत-प्रतिकृत-एषिणौ: two who sought retaliation (counter-blow) for a blow done
• कृत-प्रतिकृत-एषिणौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतप्रतिकृतैषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, dual

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Rājan (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• two great archers (unnamed in this verse)
• arrows (bāṇāḥ)
• bow (dhanus, implied)