Shloka 2636

कर्णपर्व — चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः

Arjuna’s Suppression of the Saṃśaptakas; Kṛṣṇa’s Strategic Admonition; Battlefield Inventory

Devanagari script

सविस्फुलिड्ो दीप्तार्चियों<दहद्‌ वाहिनीद्वयम्‌ । भरतनन्दन! वहाँ बाणोंके परस्पर टकरानेसे चिनगारियों तथा प्रज्वलित लपटोंके साथ आग प्रकट हो गयी, जो दोनों सेनाओंको दग्ध किये देती थी

Transliteration

sa-visphuliṅgo dīptārciryo 'dahad vāhinī-dvayam | bharata-nandana! tatra bāṇānāṁ paraspara-ṭakkarāṇāt cinagāribhiḥ prajvalita-lapaṭābhiś ca saha agnir āvirabhavat, yaḥ ubhayīṁ senām dagdhum iva pravavṛte |

Translation

Sañjaya said: O joy of the Bharatas, there the clash of arrows against one another brought forth fire—alive with sparks and blazing tongues of flame—so that it seemed to scorch both armies.

Word by Word

• सविस्फुलिङ्गः: having sparks
• सविस्फुलिङ्गः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-विस्फुलिङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दीप्तार्चिः: having blazing flames
• दीप्तार्चिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्त-अर्चिस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दहन्: burning
• दहन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वाहिनीद्वयम्: the two armies
• वाहिनीद्वयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहिनी-द्वय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भरतनन्दन: O descendant/son of Bharata
• भरतनन्दन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhritarashtra (Bharatanandana)
• two armies (Kaurava and Pandava forces)
• arrows
• fire