Shloka 45

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 95 — Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and the Routing of Allied Contingents

Devanagari script

अभ्यवर्षन्त ते सर्वे पाण्डवं निशितै: शरै: । अवाकिरंश्न ते म्लेच्छा नानायुद्धविशारदा:,नाना प्रकारके युद्धोंमें कुशल वे सभी म्लेच्छगण पाण्डुपुत्र अर्जुनपर तीखे बाणोंकी वर्षा करके उन्हें आच्छादित करने लगे

Transliteration

abhyavarṣanta te sarve pāṇḍavaṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | avākiraṃś ca te mlecchā nānāyuddhaviśāradāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then all of them showered the Pāṇḍava (Arjuna) with sharp arrows. Those foreign warriors, skilled in many kinds of fighting, rained missiles upon him, seeking to cover and overwhelm him in the press of battle.

Word by Word

• अभ्यवर्षन्त: they rained upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√वृष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• अवाकिरन्: they showered/covered (by scattering)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√कॄ
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• म्लेच्छाः: the Mlecchas (foreign warriors)
• म्लेच्छाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: म्लेच्छ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नाना-युद्ध-विशारदाः: skilled in various kinds of warfare
• नाना-युद्ध-विशारदाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना + युद्ध + विशारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)
• mleccha warriors
• arrows (śara)