Shloka 34

Śalya–Yudhiṣṭhira Duel and the Discharge of the Śakti (शल्यवधप्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

द्रोणोपदेशान्‌ विविधान्‌ दर्शयानो महामना: । ववर्ष शरवर्षाणि चित्र लघु च सुष्ठ च

Transliteration

droṇopadeśān vividhān darśayāno mahāmanāḥ | vavarṣa śaravarṣāṇi citra-laghu ca suṣṭhu ca ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Displaying in action the many kinds of martial instructions he had received from Droṇa, that great-souled warrior poured forth showers of arrows—varied in pattern, swift in flight, and perfectly executed—revealing disciplined skill even amid the violence of battle.

Word by Word

• द्रोणोपदेशान्: Drona's instructions/teachings
• द्रोणोपदेशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोणोपदेश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विविधान्: various
• विविधान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दर्शयानः: showing, demonstrating
• दर्शयानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: शानच् (present active participle, causative), Parasmaipada (active), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महामनाः: great-souled
• महामनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महामनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ववर्ष: rained down, showered
• ववर्ष: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शरवर्षाणि: showers of arrows
• शरवर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• चित्र: variegated, wondrous
• चित्र: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• लघु: light, swift
• लघु: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लघु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सुष्ठु: well, excellently
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुष्ठु

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa
• arrows (śara)