Shloka 393

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

Devanagari script

चुकोप समरे द्रौणिर्दण्डाहत इवोरग: । महारथी सुरथको क्रोधपूर्वक आक्रमण करते देख अश्वत्थामा समरमें डंडेकी चोट खाये हुए सर्पके समान अत्यन्त कुपित हो उठा

Transliteration

cukopa samare drauṇir daṇḍāhata ivoragaḥ | mahārathī surathako krodhapūrvakam ākramaṇaṃ karte dekh aśvatthāmā samareṃ daṇḍe kī coṭ khāye hue sarpa ke samān atyanta kupita ho uṭhā |

Translation

Sañjaya said: In the thick of battle, Droṇa’s son Aśvatthāmā flared up in wrath—like a serpent struck with a staff. Seeing the great chariot-warrior Suratha launch a furious assault, Aśvatthāmā rose in the field, intensely enraged, his anger now driving his response in the ethics-shattering momentum of war.

Word by Word

• चुकोप: became angry
• Type: Verb
• Root: कुप् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• द्रौणिः: Drauni (Ashvatthama, son of Drona)
• द्रौणिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दण्डाहतः: struck by a staff
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दण्ड-आहत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• उरगः: a serpent
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Aśvatthāmā (Drauṇi)
• Droṇa
• Surathaka
• serpent (uraga)
• staff/rod (daṇḍa)
• battlefield (samara)