Shloka 4

अलम्बुस-वधः

The Neutralization of Alambusa

Devanagari script

मृदज्भा झर्झरा भेरय: पणवानकगोमुखा: । आडब्बराश्न शड्खाश्न दुन्दुभ्यश्ष महास्वना:,भारत! सुशिक्षित एवं कुशल वादक अत्यन्त हर्षमें भरकर मृदंग, झाँझ, भेरी, पणव, आनक, गोमुख, आउडम्बर, शंख और बड़े जोरसे बजनेवाली दुन्दुभियाँ तथा दूसरे प्रकारके वाद्योंको भी बजाने लगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | mṛdaṅgā jharjharā bheryaḥ paṇavānakagomukhāḥ | āḍambarāś ca śaṅkhāś ca dundubhyaś ca mahāsvanāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Skilled musicians, filled with exhilaration, began to sound the mṛdaṅga drums, jharjharā cymbals, bhērī kettledrums, paṇava and ānaka drums, the gomukha horn, the āḍambara instrument, conch-shells, and great, thunder-voiced dundubhi war-drums, along with other instruments as well.

Word by Word

मृदङ्गाःmṛdaṅga drums

झर्झराःcymbals/jhañjharā instruments

भेर्यःkettledrums (bherīs)

पणवाःpaṇava drums

आनकाःānaka drums

गोमुखाःgomukha horns (cow-faced horns)

आडम्बराःāḍambara instruments (a kind of drum)

शङ्खाःconches

दुन्दुभ्यःdundubhi drums

महास्वनाःvery loud-sounding

भारतO Bhārata

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

mṛdaṅga

jharjharā

bhērī

paṇava

ānaka

gomukha

āḍambara

śaṅkha

dundubhi

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes