Shloka 47

Chapter 23: Śakuni Reports, Kaurava Advance, and Arjuna’s Penetration of the Host

Devanagari script

प्रासानां पततां राजन्‌ रूपमासीत्‌ समन्ततः । शलभानामिवाकाशे तदा भरतसत्तम,भरतकुलभूषण नरेश! उस समय सब ओर गिरते हुए प्रासोंका स्वरूप आकाशमें छाये हुए टिड्डीदलोंके समान जान पड़ता था

Transliteration

prāsānāṁ patatāṁ rājan rūpam āsīt samantataḥ | śalabhānām ivākāśe tadā bharatasattama ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, on every side the appearance of the spears as they fell was like swarms of locusts filling the sky—so dense and overwhelming did they seem, O best of the Bharatas.

Word by Word

• प्रासानाम्: of spears/javelins
• प्रासानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रास
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• पतताम्: of (those) falling
• पतताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (पतति)
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• रूपम्: appearance/form
• रूपम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (अस्ति)
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• शलभानाम्: of locusts/grasshoppers
• Type: Noun
• Root: शलभ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• आकाशे: in the sky
• आकाशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तदा: then/at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• भरतसत्तम: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-सत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')
• prāsa (spears)
• ākāśa (sky)
• śalabha (locusts)