Shloka 13

शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host

with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter

Devanagari script

अथीैनं छिन्नधन्वानं रुक्मपुड्खै: शिलाशितै:

Transliteration

athainaṃ chinnadhanvānaṃ rukmapuḍkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, when he had been deprived of his bow, they struck him with arrows whose shafts were tipped with gold and whose heads were stone-sharpened.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• छिन्नधन्वानम्: whose bow was cut off
• छिन्नधन्वानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्नधन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रुक्मपुड्खैः: with golden-feathered (arrows)
• रुक्मपुड्खैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुक्मपुड्ख
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शिलाशितैः: stone-whetted, sharp
• शिलाशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिलाशित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• bow (dhanus)
• arrows (with golden shafts and stone-sharpened heads)