Shloka 12

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 25 — Bhīma’s Disruption of Elephant Formations and Bhagadatta’s Shock Advance

Devanagari script

अथान्यद्‌ धनुरादाय सैन्धव: कृतहस्तवत्‌ । विव्याध क्षत्रवर्माणं रणे सर्वायसै: शरै:,तब सिंधुराजने दूसरा धनुष लेकर सिद्धहस्त पुरुषकी भाँति सम्पूर्णतः लोहेके बने हुए बाणोंद्वारा रणक्षेत्रमें क्षत्रवर्माको घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

athānyad dhanur ādāya saindhavaḥ kṛtahastavat | vivyādha kṣatravarmāṇaṃ raṇe sarvāyasaiḥ śaraiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then the king of Sindhu, taking up another bow and handling it like a master archer, struck Kṣatravarmā on the battlefield with arrows made wholly of iron.

Word by Word

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

• अन्यत्: another (one)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), having taken

• सैन्धवः: the Sindhu-king (Jayadratha)
• सैन्धवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्धव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतहस्तवत्: like one with practiced/skillful hands
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतहस्तवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विव्याध: pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्षत्रवर्माणम्: Kṣatravarman
• क्षत्रवर्माणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सर्वायसैः: with wholly iron (all-iron)
• सर्वायसैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वायस
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Saindhava (Jayadratha, king of Sindhu)
• Kṣatravarmā
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• iron arrows (sarvāyasa-śara)
• battlefield (raṇa)