Shloka 52

Śiva’s Battlefield Manifestation and Vyāsa’s Śatarudrīya Exposition (शिवप्रादुर्भावः शतरुद्रीयव्याख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

अथ दथ्मुर्महाशड्खान्‌ धृष्टद्युम्नशिखण्डिनौ

Transliteration

atha dadhmur mahāśaṅkhān dhṛṣṭadyumnaśikhaṇḍinau

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Dhṛṣṭadyumna and Śikhaṇḍin blew their great conch-shells, sounding a signal of resolve and readiness as the battle’s momentum pressed forward.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• दध्मुः: blew (sounded)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्मा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• महाशङ्खान्: great conches
• महाशङ्खान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाशङ्ख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• धृष्टद्युम्नशिखण्डिनौ: Dhrishtadyumna and Shikhandin
• धृष्टद्युम्नशिखण्डिनौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न-शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Śikhaṇḍin
• mahāśaṅkha (great conch-shells)