Shloka 6

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

Devanagari script

शिरोभशि: पातितैस्तत्र भूमिरासीज्निरन्तरा | अभ्रच्छायेव चैवासीदू ध्वाड्क्षगृभ्रबलैर्युधि,वहाँ गिराये हुए मस्तकोंसे वह रणभूमि ठसाठस भर गयी थी और उस युद्धस्थलमें कौओं तथा गीधोंकी सेनाके आ जानेसे वहाँ मेघकी छाया-सी प्रतीत होती थी

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | śirobhiḥ pātitais tatra bhūmir āsīn nirantarā | abhracchāyeva caivāsīd dhvāṅkṣa-gṛdhra-balair yudhi |

Translation

Sañjaya said: There the battlefield became densely covered, without a gap, by the severed heads that had fallen. And in that combat, when hosts of crows and vultures gathered, the place seemed as though shaded by a cloud.

Word by Word

शिरोभिःwith/by heads

पातितैःfallen, caused to fall

तत्रthere

भूमिःthe ground, earth

आसीत्was

निरन्तराdense, without gaps, continuous

अभ्रच्छायाःcloud-shadow

इवlike, as if

चand

एवindeed, just

आसीत्was

युधिin battle

ध्वाङ्क्ष-गृध्र-बलैःby the host of crows and vultures

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

battlefield (raṇabhūmi/yuddhasthala)

severed heads (śiras)

crows (dhvāṅkṣa)

vultures (gṛdhra)

cloud-shadow (abhra-chāyā)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes