Shloka 97

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

ततो रथसहस्रेण द्विरदानां त्रिभि: शतै:,शरवर्षर्महाराज सर्वतः पाण्डुनन्दनम्‌ । महाराज! तब एक हजार रथ, तीन सौ हाथी, चौदह हजार घोड़े और लक्ष्य वेधनेमें निपुण, सर्वत्र विख्यात एवं शौर्यसम्पन्न दो लाख पैदल सैनिक साथ लेकर संशप्तक महारथी कुन्तीकुमार पाण्डुनन्दन अर्जुनको अपने बाणोंकी वर्षासे आच्छादित करते हुए उनपर चढ़ आये

Transliteration

tato rathasahasreṇa dviradānāṃ tribhiḥ śataiḥ śaravarṣair mahārāja sarvataḥ pāṇḍunandanam |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, O King, with a thousand chariots and three hundred elephants, they assailed Arjuna, the son of Pāṇḍu, from every side, covering him with a rain of arrows.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• रथसहस्रेण: with a thousand chariots
• रथसहस्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• द्विरदानाम्: of elephants
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विरद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• त्रिभिः: by three
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शतैः: hundreds (i.e., three hundred)
• शतैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरवर्षैः: with showers of arrows
• शरवर्षैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सर्वतः: on all sides, entirely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• पाण्डुनन्दनम्: the son of Pāṇḍu (Arjuna)
• पाण्डुनन्दनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Arjuna
• Pāṇḍu
• chariots
• elephants
• arrows