Shloka 65

शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host

with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter

Devanagari script

आपूर्यमाणा निशितै: शरै: पाण्डवचोदितै: । हतप्रवीरा विध्वस्ता वार्यमाणा समन्तत:

Transliteration

āpūryamāṇā niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ pāṇḍava-coditaiḥ | hata-pravīrā vidhvastā vāryamāṇā samantataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Pressed on by the Pāṇḍavas, that host was being filled—pierced through—with sharp arrows. Its foremost heroes were slain; its ranks were shattered; and though it struggled to hold its ground on every side, it was driven back and broken.”

Word by Word

• आपूर्यमाणाः: being filled/covered
• आपूर्यमाणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपूर्य (धातु: आपॄ/आपूर् + य)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: by arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पाण्डवचोदितैः: impelled/shot by the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवचोदितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाण्डव-चोदित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• हतप्रवीराः: whose foremost heroes were slain
• हतप्रवीराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत-प्रवीर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• विध्वस्ताः: shattered, routed
• विध्वस्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विध्वस्त
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• वार्यमाणाः: being checked/held back
• वार्यमाणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वार्य (धातु: वॄ/वार् + य)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• arrows (śara)