Shloka 4

भीमसेनस्य वेगाभिपातः—विशोकसारथिसंवादश्च

Bhīma’s surge and dialogue with charioteer Viśoka

Devanagari script

द्रौणायनिशरच्छन्न॑ न प्राज्ञायत किज्चन । बाणभूतमभूत्‌ सर्वमायोधनशिरो महत्‌,द्रोणपुत्रके बाणोंसे आच्छन्न हो जानेके कारण वहाँ कुछ भी ज्ञात नहीं होता था। युद्धका वह सारा विशाल मैदान बाणमय हो रहा था

Transliteration

drauṇāyaniśaracchannaṁ na prājñāyata kiñcana | bāṇabhūtam abhūt sarvam āyodhanaśiro mahat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Covered over by the arrows of Droṇa’s son, nothing at all could be clearly discerned there. The entire vast battlefield—its very head and heart of combat—seemed to turn into a mass of arrows, as if war itself had become a single, blinding storm of weapons.

Word by Word

द्रौणायनि-शर-आच्छन्नम्covered with arrows of Drona's son (Ashvatthaman)

नnot

प्राज्ञायतwas known/was perceived

किञ्चनanything

बाण-भूतम्become (as if) arrows; consisting of arrows

अभूत्became

सर्वम्all, entire

आयोधन-शिरःthe battlefield (lit. head/forepart of the battle)

महत्great, vast

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇa

Aśvatthāman (Drauṇāyani)

arrows (śara/bāṇa)

battlefield (āyodhana)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes