Shloka 413

Bhagadatta’s Advance, the Saṃśaptaka Challenge, and Arjuna’s Counterstrike (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय २६)

Devanagari script

किरतां शरवर्षाणि स नाग: पर्यवर्तत । बाणोंकी वर्षा करते हुए भयंकर धनुर्धर रथियोंका मण्डल उस हाथीपर सब ओरसे आक्रमण कर रहा था और वह हाथी चारों ओर चक्कर काट रहा था

Transliteration

kiratāṁ śaravarṣāṇi sa nāgaḥ paryavartata |

Translation

Sañjaya said: As showers of arrows were hurled, that elephant kept wheeling about. A fearsome ring of bow-armed chariot-warriors attacked it from every side without pause—an image of war’s relentless encirclement and the crushing force of coordinated violence.

Word by Word

• किरताम्: of (those) scattering / showering
• किरताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: किरत् (किर् धातु, शतृ-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• शरवर्षाणि: showers of arrows
• शरवर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष (शर + वर्ष)
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• सः: he / that one
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नागः: elephant
• नागः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पर्यवर्तत: turned around / revolved
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (परि + आ + वृत्)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• elephant (nāga)
• arrows (śara)
• chariot-warriors (rathin)