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Shloka 29

Adhyāya 61: Saṃmohana-astra and the Kuru Withdrawal (संमोहनास्त्रं तथा कुरुनिवृत्तिः)

“आज देख लेना, जैसे प्रबल वेगसे आयी हुई जलकी बाढ़ किनारोंको काट-काटकर गिरा देती है, उसी प्रकार मैं कौरवदलके सैन्यसमूहोंको मार गिराऊँगा ।। ध्वजवृक्ष॑ पत्तितृणं रथसिंहगणायुतम्‌ । वनमादीपयिष्यामि कुरूणामस्त्रतेजसा,“कौरवोंकी सेना एक जंगलके समान है, उसमें ध्वज ही वृक्ष हैं, पैदल सैनिक घास- फूस हैं तथा रथ ही सिंहोंके स्थानमें हैं। मैं अपने अस्त्र-शस्त्ररूपी अग्निसे आज इस कौरववनको जलाकर भस्म कर दूँगा

ajña dekh lena, yathā prabala-vegasa āyā huī jalakī bāḍha kinārān ko kāṭa-kāṭa kar girā detī hai, usī prakāraṃ ahaṃ kaurava-dalasya sainya-samūhān mārayiṣyāmi. dhvaja-vṛkṣaṃ pattitṛṇaṃ ratha-siṃha-gaṇāyutam | vanam ādīpayiṣyāmi kurūṇām astra-tejasā ||

“Today you shall see: just as a flood, rushing with irresistible force, tears away the riverbanks piece by piece and casts them down, so will I strike down the massed battalions of the Kaurava host. The Kauravas’ army is like a forest—its banners are the trees, its foot-soldiers the grass and straw, and its chariots the lions within it. With the blazing power of my weapons, I will set this Kuru-forest alight today and reduce it to ashes.”

ध्वजवृक्षम्banner(-like) trees / trees that are banners
ध्वजवृक्षम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootध्वजवृक्ष
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पत्तितृणम्infantry(-like) grass
पत्तितृणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपत्तितृण
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
रथसिंहगणायुतम्endowed with groups of chariot(-like) lions
रथसिंहगणायुतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootरथसिंहगणायुत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वनम्forest
वनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आदीपयिष्यामिI will ignite / set ablaze
आदीपयिष्यामि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootदीप्
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada
कुरूणाम्of the Kurus
कुरूणाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootकुरु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
अस्त्रतेजसाby the brilliance/power of weapons
अस्त्रतेजसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअस्त्रतेजस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
K
Kauravas
K
Kurus
D
dhvaja (banners/standards)
R
ratha (chariots)
A
astra (weapons/missiles)