Shloka 15

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 29 — Arjuna’s defeat of Vṛṣaka–Acalā and the neutralization of Śakuni’s māyā

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्तु संक्रुद्ध: शरवर्षेण पाण्डवम्‌ । अभ्यवर्षत्‌ सगोविन्दं धनुरादाय भास्वरम्‌,अर्जुनके ऐसा कहनेपर भगदत्तने अत्यन्त कुपित हो एक तेजस्वी धनुष हाथमें लेकर श्रीकृष्णसहित अर्जुनपर बाणोंकी वर्षा प्रारम्भ कर दी

Transliteration

evam uktas tu saṅkruddhaḥ śaravarṣeṇa pāṇḍavam | abhyavarṣat sa-govindaṃ dhanur ādāya bhāsvaram ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Thus addressed, Bhagadatta, inflamed with anger, took up his radiant bow and began to shower Arjuna—the son of Pāṇḍu—together with Govinda (Kṛṣṇa) with a rain of arrows.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संक्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरवर्षेण: with a shower of arrows
• शरवर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यवर्षत्: rained upon / showered (arrows) on
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष्
• Form: Imperfect, लङ्, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स

• गोविन्दम्: Govinda (Krishna)
• गोविन्दम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे), Parasmaipada (gerund)

• भास्वरम्: shining, brilliant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भास्वर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhagadatta
• Arjuna
• Govinda (Kṛṣṇa)
• bow
• arrows