Shloka 523

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

इन्द्राशनिसमस्पर्श: समनन्‍्तात्‌ पर्यवाकिरत्‌ । तत्पश्चात्‌ भीमसेनने इन्द्रके वजकी भाँति कठोर स्पर्शवाले तीखे बाणोंद्वारा आपकी सेनाको चारों ओरसे ढक दिया

Transliteration

indrāśani-samasparśaḥ samantāt paryavākirat | tatpaścāt bhīmasenena indrasya vajravat kaṭhora-sparśaiḥ tīkṣṇaiḥ bāṇaiḥ tava senā caturdiśaṃ ācchāditā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Bhīmasena showered arrows on all sides—arrows whose touch was as hard and searing as Indra’s thunderbolt—so that your army was covered and hemmed in from every direction. The scene shows how, in the frenzy of war, martial prowess can overwhelm entire hosts, driving the combatants into a harsh trial of courage and duty amid destruction.

Word by Word

• इन्द्राशनिसमस्पर्शः: having a touch like Indra’s thunderbolt
• इन्द्राशनिसमस्पर्शः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्राशनि-सम-स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समन्तात्: on all sides / from all directions
• समन्तात्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात् (अव्यय)

• पर्यवाकिरत्: he/it scattered all around / showered
• पर्यवाकिरत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + अव + √कॄ (किरति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Indra
• Vajra (thunderbolt)
• tava senā (your army—Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s/Kaurava host)