Shloka 32

शैनेयचरितम्

The Exploits of Śaineya/Sātyaki amid Encirclement

Devanagari script

तथैव पार्षतेनापि काल्यमानं बलं तव । अभवत्‌ सर्वतो दीप्तं शुष्क वनमिवाग्निना,इसी प्रकार धृष्टद्युम्नके द्वारा खदेड़ी जाती हुई आपकी सेना भी सब ओरसे आग लग जानेके कारण प्रज्वलित हुए सूखे वनकी भाँति दग्ध हो रही थी

Transliteration

tathaiva pārṣatenāpi kālyamānaṃ balaṃ tava | abhavat sarvato dīptaṃ śuṣka-vanam ivāgninā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “In the same way, your army too, being relentlessly harried by the son of Pṛṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna), appeared to blaze on every side—like a dry forest set alight by fire—consumed amid the devastation of war.”

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

एवindeed, just

पार्षतेनby the son of Prishata (Dhrishtadyumna)

अपिalso, even

काल्यमानम्being driven/harried

बलम्army, force

तवyour

अभवत्became, was

सर्वतःon all sides, everywhere

दीप्तम्blazing, aflame

शुष्कम्dry

वनम्forest

इवlike, as

अग्निनाby fire

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied addressee: 'tava')

Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata, son of Pṛṣata)

Kaurava army (tava balam)

Fire (agni)

Dry forest (śuṣka-vanam)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes