Shloka 273

शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host

with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter

Devanagari script

जघान निशितैर्बाणै: सत्यसेनस्यथ वाजिन: । तब नकुलने हँसकर रणभूमिमें चार पैने बाणोंद्वारा सत्यसेनके चारों घोड़ोंको मार डाला

Transliteration

jaghāna niśitair bāṇaiḥ satyasenasya atha vājinaḥ | tataḥ nakulena haṃsakar raṇabhūmau caturbhiḥ paiṇaiḥ bāṇaiḥ satyasenasya catvāro 'śvāḥ hatāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: With sharp arrows he struck down Satyasena’s horses. Then Nakula, smiling with confidence amid the clash of arms, felled Satyasena’s four steeds on the battlefield with four keen shafts—disabling the foe’s mobility and chariot-power without, in that instant, striking at the warrior’s life, in keeping with the tactics and restraint of chariot-war.

Word by Word

• जघान: slew/killed
• जघान: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (√हन्)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• बाणैः: arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• सत्यसेनस्य: of Satyasena
• सत्यसेनस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यसेन
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• अथ: then/and now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• वाजिनः: horses
• वाजिनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजिन्
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Nakula
• Satyasena
• horses/steeds
• arrows
• battlefield (raṇabhūmi)