Shloka 166

Devanagari script

सर्वनिविध्यन्निशितैर्दशभिर्दशभि: शरै: । शीघ्रतापूर्वक हाथ चलानेवाले जितेन्द्रिय अर्जुनने अपने अस्त्रोंद्वारा शत्रुओंके अस्त्रोंका निवारण करके उन सबको दस-दस तीखे बाणोंसे बींध डाला

Transliteration

sarvān nividyann niśitair daśabhir daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ | śīghratāpūrvaka-hasta-cālanavān jitendriya arjuno 'strāṇāṃ śatrūṇām astrāṇi nivārya tān sarvān daśa-daśa-tīkṣṇa-bāṇair bibhēda ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: With razor-sharp arrows, ten by ten, self-controlled Arjuna—swift in the movement of his hands—first checked and neutralized the enemies’ missiles by means of his own weapons, and then pierced every one of them with ten keen shafts.

Word by Word

• सर्वान्: all (of them)
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• निविध्य: having pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-व्यध्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• निशितैः: with sharp (ones)
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• दशभिः: with ten (each)
• दशभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• enemies (śatravaḥ)
• arrows (śara/bāṇa)
• weapons/missiles (astra)