Shloka 246

Adhyāya 108 — Nimitta-darśana and Drona’s counsel amid Arjuna’s advance (निमित्तदर्शनं द्रोणोपदेशश्च)

Devanagari script

दध्मु: शड्खांश्व॒ भेरीश्व ताडयामासुराहवे । महाराज! पाण्डव उस महासमरमें शत्रुओंको जीतकर शंख फूँकने और नगाड़े पीटने लगे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | dadhmuḥ śaṅkhāṃś ca bherīś ca tāḍayāmāsur āhave | mahārāja! pāṇḍavāḥ tasmin mahāsamare śatrūn jitvā śaṅkhān dadhmuḥ bherīś ca tāḍayāmāsuḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Au cœur du combat, ils soufflèrent dans les conques et frappèrent les tambours de guerre. Ô grand roi ! Ayant vaincu leurs ennemis dans ce vaste affrontement, les Pāṇḍava firent retentir les conques et battirent les timbales, proclamant la victoire.

Word by Word

• दध्मुः: blew
• दध्मुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्मा
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• शङ्खान्: conches
• शङ्खान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• भेरीः: kettledrums
• भेरीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेरी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

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

• ताडयामासुः: struck/beat
• ताडयामासुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ताड्
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Mahārāja)
• Pāṇḍavas
• enemies (śatravaḥ)
• conch-shells (śaṅkha)
• war-drums/kettledrums (bherī)
• battlefield (āhava/mahāsamara)