Shloka 28

Devanagari script

पूर्व यथा वृषसेनप्रयुक्ति- रभ्याहत: श्वेतहय: शरैस्तै:

Transliteration

pūrvaṃ yathā vṛṣasenaprayukti-r abhyāhataḥ śvetahayaḥ śaraiḥ taiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Just as before, the white horses were struck down by those arrows launched at Vṛṣasena—felled again in the same manner, as the battle’s violence relentlessly repeated itself.

Word by Word

• पूर्वम्: formerly, earlier
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: Avyaya (comparative particle)

• वृषसेनप्रयुक्तिः: the discharge/shot made by Vr̥ṣasena
• वृषसेनप्रयुक्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषसेनप्रयुक्ति
• Form: Feminine, nominative, singular

• अभ्याहतः: struck, smitten
• अभ्याहतः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-आ-हन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular (past passive participle)

• श्वेतहयः: the white horse
• श्वेतहयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेतहय
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, instrumental, plural

• तैः: with those (arrows)
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, instrumental, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vṛṣasena
• white horses
• arrows