Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 9

Śalya-hatānantarāṇi: Madrarāja-padānugānāṃ praskandana and the Pandava counter-encirclement (शल्यहतानन्तराणि—मद्रराजपदानुगानां प्रस्कन्दनम्)

Devanagari script

ततस्तु शूरा: समरे नरेन्द्र नरेश्वरं प्राप्य युधां वरिष्ठम्‌ आवार्य चैनं समरे नृवीरा जघ्नु: शरै: पत्रिभिरुग्रवेगै:

Translation

Entonces, ¡oh rey!, los héroes en el combate se acercaron a Śalya, señor de los hombres y el más eminente en la guerra; lo contuvieron en el campo de batalla y lo hirieron con flechas emplumadas de ímpetu terrible.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• शूराः: heroes, brave men
• शूराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नरेन्द्र: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरेश्वरम्: the king, lord of men
• नरेश्वरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्य: having reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• युधाम्: of battles / of fighters
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• वरिष्ठम्: the best, the foremost
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, Superlative

• आवार्य: having surrounded/checked/held back
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√वृ (वृणोति/वर्तते) / √वृ (to cover, restrain)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नृवीराः: man-heroes, heroic men
• नृवीराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृवीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जघ्नुः: they struck/slew
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• पत्रिभिः: feathered (i.e., fletched)
• पत्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• उग्रवेगैः: of fierce speed
• उग्रवेगैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्रवेग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

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