Shloka 38

Bhīmasena–Drauṇi Mahāyuddha

Chariot Duel and Astra-Exchange

Devanagari script

हयह्लेषितशब्दाश्न वारणानां च बूंहताम्‌ । रथनेमिस्वनाश्षोग्रा: सम्बभूवुर्जनाधिप,जनेश्वर! घोड़ोंके हींसने, हाथियोंके चिग्चाड़ने तथा रथके पहियोंके घरघरानेके भयंकर शब्द प्रकट होने लगे

Transliteration

haya-hleṣita-śabdāś ca vāraṇānāṃ ca bṛṃhatām | ratha-nemi-svanāś cogrāḥ sambabhūvur janādhipa, janeśvara ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O lord of men, O ruler of the people, there arose fierce sounds on every side—the neighing of horses, the trumpeting of elephants, and the dreadful rumble of chariot-wheels. The battlefield’s tumult swelled, signaling the full onset of war.

Word by Word

• हय: of horses
• हय: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• ह्रेषित: neighing
• ह्रेषित: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रेषित (ह्रेष् + क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शब्दाः: sounds
• शब्दाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• वारणानाम्: of elephants
• वारणानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• बृंहताम्: of (those) roaring/trumpeting
• बृंहताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृंहत् (बृंह् + शतृ)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• रथ: of the chariot
• रथ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• नेमि: of the rim/wheel
• नेमि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेमि
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• स्वनाः: noises/rumblings
• स्वनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• उग्राः: terrible, fierce
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सम्बभूवुः: arose, came into being
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (सम् + भू)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• जनाधिप: O lord of people (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनाधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जनेश्वर: O ruler of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by the vocatives janādhipa/janeśvara)
• horses
• elephants
• chariots
• chariot wheels