Shloka 516

अस्त्रयुद्धे द्रौणिपार्थसंघर्षः — Karṇa’s Bhārgavāstra and the Search for Yudhiṣṭhira

Chapter 45

Devanagari script

आनकानां च राधेय मृदड़ानां च सर्वशः । “राधानन्दन! सब ओर शंखों, ढोलों और मृदंगोंकी रोमांचकारी तुमुल ध्वनि सुनायी दे रही है

Transliteration

ānakānāṃ ca rāḍheya mṛdaṅgānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Rādheya (son of Rādhā), on every side the stirring, tumultuous sound of war-instruments is being heard—kettledrums and mṛdaṅgas—signaling the armies’ rising fervor and the imminent clash.”

Word by Word

• आनकानाम्: of kettle-drums
• आनकानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• राधेय: O Radheya (Karna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मृदङ्गानाम्: of mṛdaṅga-drums
• मृदङ्गानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृदङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• सर्वशः: everywhere; on all sides
• सर्वशः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Rādheya (Karṇa)
• ānaka (war-drum)
• mṛdaṅga (drum)