Shloka 16

द्रौणिप्रतिज्ञा–नारायणास्त्रवर्णनम्

Drauṇi’s Vow and the Description of the Nārāyaṇāstra

Devanagari script

तावुभौ शरनुन्नाज़ौ शरकण्टकितौ रणे । व्यभ्राजेतां महाराज श्वाविधौ शललैरिव,महाराज! उन दोनोंके ही शरीर एक-दूसरेके बाणोंसे क्षत-विक्षत हो गये थे। वे दोनों ही बाणरूपी कंटकोंसे युक्त हो काँटोंसे भरे हुए दो साही नामक जन्तुओंके समान शोभित हो रहे थे

Transliteration

tāv ubhau śara-nunnāv śara-kaṇṭakitau raṇe | vyabhrājetāṃ mahārāja śvāvidhau śalalair iva ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, both of them, driven and pierced by arrows in the battle, their bodies bristling with arrow-thorns, shone on the field like two porcupines covered with quills.

Word by Word

तौthose two

उभौboth

शरनुन्नौpierced/struck by arrows

शरकण्टकितौbristling with arrow-thorns

रणेin battle

व्यभ्राजेताम्they shone forth

महाराजO great king

श्वाविधौin/like (two) porcupines

शललैःwith arrows/darts

इवlike, as if

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

arrows (śara)

battlefield (raṇa)

porcupines (śvāvidha)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes