Shloka 283

Chapter 30: Formation Disruption, Competing War-Cries, and Nīla’s Fall

Droṇa-parva

Devanagari script

अभ्यवर्षच्छरौघेण कौरवाणामनीकिनीम्‌ । तदनन्तर अस्त्रोंके ज्ञाता अर्जुन शत्रुओंको अपनी फुर्ती दिखाते हुए कौरव-सेनापर बाणसमूहोंकी वर्षा करने लगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | abhyavarṣac charaughena kauravāṇām anīkinīm |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Arjuna showered the Kauravas’ army with a dense torrent of arrows. Immediately thereafter, displaying his swift mastery of weapons, he continued to rain down volleys upon the Kaurava host.

Word by Word

• अभ्यवर्षत्: rained down (showered)
• अभ्यवर्षत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष् (वर्षणे)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शर-ओघेण: with a flood/stream of arrows
• शर-ओघेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर + ओघ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• कौरवाणाम्: of the Kauravas
• कौरवाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अनीकिनीम्: army (battle-array)
• अनीकिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीकिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Kauravas
• Kaurava army
• arrows (śara)