Shloka 24

Śālva–Pradyumna Yuddha: Sārathya-kauśala, Astra-pratikāra, Daiva-niyati

Chapter 20

Devanagari script

न हया न रथो वीर न यन्ता मम दारुक: । अदृश्यन्त शरैश्छन्नास्तथाहं सैनिकाश्न मे,वीरवर! उस समय मेरे घोड़े, रथ, मेरा सारथि दारुक, मैं तथा मेरे सारे सैनिक--सभी बाणोंसे आच्छादित होकर अदृश्य हो गये

Transliteration

na hayā na ratho vīra na yantā mama dārukaḥ | adṛśyanta śaraiś channās tathāhaṃ sainikāś ca me vīravara ||

Translation

Vāsudeva said: “O hero, neither my horses nor my chariot, nor my charioteer Dāruka could be seen; and I myself, with all my soldiers, became invisible, so wholly were we covered by a shower of arrows.”

Word by Word

नnot

हयाःhorses

नnor

रथःchariot

वीरO hero

नnor

यन्ताdriver, charioteer

ममof me, my

दारुकःDāruka (name of the charioteer)

अदृश्यन्तbecame invisible / were not seen

शरैःwith arrows

छन्नाःcovered, concealed

तथाthus, likewise

अहम्I

सैनिकाःsoldiers

चand

मेmy, of me

वीरवरO best of heroes

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Dāruka

horses

chariot

arrows

soldiers

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes