Shloka 216

Adhyāya 14: Śalya’s Missile-Pressure and the Pāṇḍava Convergence (शल्यस्य शरवर्षम्)

Devanagari script

रथेनातिपताकेन पाण्डवं प्रत्यवारयत्‌ । संग्रामभूमिमें पाण्डुपुत्र अर्जुनका वह पराक्रम देखकर द्रोणकुमार अश्व॒त्थामाने अत्यन्त ऊँची पताकावाले रथके द्वारा आकर उन्हें रोका

Transliteration

rathenātipatākena pāṇḍavaṃ pratyavārayat | saṅgrāmabhūmau pāṇḍuputra-arjunasya taṃ parākramaṃ dṛṣṭvā droṇakumāra aśvatthāmā atyanta-ūñca-patākāvalena rathena āgatya tān arodhayat |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing on the battlefield the prowess of Arjuna, the son of Pāṇḍu, Droṇa’s son Aśvatthāmā came forward in a chariot bearing an exceedingly lofty banner and checked the Pāṇḍava’s advance.

Word by Word

• रथेन: by/with a chariot
• रथेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अतिपताकेन: with a very lofty/bannered (chariot)
• अतिपताकेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिपताक (अति+पताका)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रत्यवारयत्: checked/stopped/warded off
• प्रत्यवारयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (वारयति) with प्रति+अव
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Pāṇḍu
• Aśvatthāmā
• Droṇa
• ratha (chariot)
• patākā (banner/standard)
• saṅgrāmabhūmi (battlefield)