Shloka 37

नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च

Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault

Devanagari script

पत्तीनां द्रवतां चैव पादशब्देन मेदिनी

Transliteration

pattīnāṃ dravatāṃ caiva pādaśabdena medinī

Translation

Sañjaya said: As the footfalls of the fleeing foot-soldiers thundered, the very earth seemed to resound and tremble—an image of battle’s moral collapse, where fear and disorder overtake disciplined duty.

Word by Word

• पत्तीनाम्: of the foot-soldiers
• पत्तीनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्ति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• द्रवताम्: of (those) running / fleeing
• द्रवताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पादशब्देन: by/with the sound of feet
• पादशब्देन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादशब्द
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मेदिनी: the earth (ground)
• मेदिनी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेदिनी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• infantry (pattin)
• earth (medinī)