Shloka 18

द्रोणस्य सुपर्णव्यूहः — युधिष्ठिरप्रत्यव्यूहः

Droṇa’s Suparṇa Formation and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Counter-array

Devanagari script

न ध्वजो नार्जुनस्तत्र न रथो न च केशव: । प्रत्यदृश्यत घोरेण शरवर्षेण संवृत:,उस भयंकर बाण-वर्षासे ढक जानेके कारण वहाँ न ध्वज दिखायी देता था, न रथ; न अर्जुन दृष्टिगोचर हो रहे थे, न भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | na dhvajo nārjunas tatra na ratho na ca keśavaḥ | pratyadṛśyata ghoreṇa śaravarṣeṇa saṃvṛtaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: There, neither the banner nor Arjuna was to be seen—neither the chariot nor Keśava. Covered over by a dreadful rain of arrows, they disappeared from sight, as if the very signs of righteous resolve and divine guidance had been veiled by the violence of war.

Word by Word

नnot

ध्वजःbanner/standard

नnor

अर्जुनःArjuna

तत्रthere

नnot

रथःchariot

नnor

चand

केशवःKeshava (Krishna)

प्रत्यदृश्यतwas seen/appeared (to sight)

घोरेणby/with terrible

शरवर्षेणby a shower of arrows

संवृतःcovered/enveloped

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)

dhvaja (banner/standard)

ratha (chariot)

śara-varṣa (shower of arrows)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes