Shloka 42
Book 9 (Śalya-parva), Adhyāya 13 — Arjuna’s Arrow-storm and the Drauṇi Confrontation
Devanagari script
ते शरा मद्रराजेन प्रेषिता रणमूर्थनि । सम्पतन्तः सम दृश्यन्ते शलभानां व्रजा इव,युद्धके मुहानेपर मद्रराजके चलाये हुए वे बाण शलभसमूहोंके समान गिरते दिखायी देते थे
Transliteration
te śarā madrarājena preṣitā raṇamūrdhani | sampatantaḥ sama dṛśyante śalabhānāṃ vrajā iva ||
Translation
Sañjaya said: On the very forefront of the battlefield, the arrows loosed by the king of Madra fell in such dense succession that they looked like swarms of locusts.
Word by Word
तेthose
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
शराःarrows
शराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
मद्रराजेनby the king of Madra
मद्रराजेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमद्रराज
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
प्रेषिताःsent, discharged
प्रेषिताः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-इष्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
रणमूर्धनिon the battlefield (lit. on the battle-front/head)
रणमूर्धनि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरणमूर्धन्
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
सम्पतन्तःfalling down, swooping down
सम्पतन्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-पत्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural
समequally, altogether
सम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम
दृश्यन्तेare seen, appear
दृश्यन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPresent, Ātmanepada, Third, Plural
शलभानाम्of locusts
शलभानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootशलभ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
व्रजाःswarms, multitudes
व्रजाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootव्रज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
स
संजय (Sañjaya)म
मद्रराज (Madrarāja—Śalya)श
शर (arrows)र
रणमूर्धन् (battlefront)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes