Shloka 2

Devanagari script

नानद्यमानं निनदैर्मनोज्ञै- वददित्रगीतस्तुतिनृत्यहासै: । सर्वेडन्तरिक्ष॑ ददृशुर्मनुष्या: खस्थाश्न तद्‌ विस्‍स्मपनीयरूपम्‌

Transliteration

nāndyamānaṃ ninadair manojñair vadad-itra-gīta-stuti-nṛtya-hāsaiḥ | sarve ’ntarikṣaṃ dadṛśur manuṣyāḥ kha-sthāś ca tad vismapanīya-rūpam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: With delightful sounds—voices, instrumental music, songs of praise, dancing, and laughter—it resounded. All the people beheld it in the sky; those stationed aloft too saw that wondrous, astonishing form, stirring amazement amid the grim course of war.

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• आनद्यमानम्: delighting, gladdening
• आनद्यमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आनन्दय्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• निनदैः: with sounds, with clamours
• निनदैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निनद
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• मनोज्ञैः: pleasing, delightful
• मनोज्ञैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोज्ञ
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• वदद्भिः: speaking, uttering
• वदद्भिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वद्
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• त्रिगीत: threefold song (song in three modes)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिगीत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• स्तुति: praise
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• नृत्य: dance
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृत्य
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• हासैः: with laughter
• हासैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हास
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• अन्तरिक्षम्: the sky, mid-air
• अन्तरिक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरिक्ष
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• ददृशुः: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: perfect (liṭ), third, plural

• मनुष्याः: men, people
• मनुष्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• खस्थाः: standing in the sky, sky-dwelling
• खस्थाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खस्थ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

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

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• विस्मापनीय-रूपम्: having a wondrous form (astonishing in appearance)
• विस्मापनीय-रूपम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मापनीय-रूप
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• antarikṣa (sky/mid-air)