Shloka 13

शल्यपर्व — चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः | Śalya Parva, Chapter 24: Disruption of Kaurava Formations and the Elephant Encirclement

Devanagari script

सर्वे विवृततूणीरा: प्रगृहीतशरासना: । शरासनानि धुन्वाना: सिंहनादान्‌ प्रणेदिरे,सबके तरकसोंके मुँह खुल गये, सबने हाथमें धनुष ले लिये और सभी धनुष हिलाते हुए जोर-जोरसे सिंहनाद करने लगे

Transliteration

sarve vivṛtatūṇīrāḥ pragṛhītaśarāsanāḥ | śarāsanāni dhunvānāḥ siṃhanādān praṇedire ||

Translation

Sanjaya said: All of them had their quivers thrown open and their bows gripped firmly in hand. Shaking their bows, they sent forth loud lion-roars.

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विवृततूणीरा: having opened quivers (with quiver-mouths open)
• विवृततूणीरा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विवृत-तूणीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रगृहीतशरासना: having taken up bows
• प्रगृहीतशरासना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रगृहीत-शरासन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शरासनानि: bows
• शरासनानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरासन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• धुन्वाना: shaking (waving)
• धुन्वाना: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: धुन्वत् (धू धुनोति)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सिंहनादान्: lion-roars
• सिंहनादान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंहनाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रणेदिरे: they uttered / raised (cries)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नी (नयति)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• quivers (tūṇīra)
• bows (śarāsana)
• lion-roars/battle-cries (siṃhanāda)