Shloka 29

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

अथीनं छिन्नधन्वानं त्वरमाणो महीपति:

Transliteration

athīnaṃ chinnadhanvānaṃ tvaramāṇo mahīpatiḥ

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: El rey, apresurándose hacia delante, se enfrentó al guerrero indefenso cuyo arco había sido cercenado, apretando la ventaja en el ardor de la batalla, donde un instante de flaqueza puede decidir la vida o la muerte.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• छिन्न-धन्वानम्: whose bow was cut/broken
• छिन्न-धन्वानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्नधन्वन्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• त्वरमाणः: hastening
• त्वरमाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्वर्
• Form: singular, masculine, nominative, शतृ (present active participle)

• महीपतिः: the king (lord of the earth)
• महीपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• mahīpati (the king)
• bow (dhanus)