Shloka 3

Devanagari script

शूरास्थिचयसंकीर्णा काकगृध्रानुनादिताम्‌ । छत्रहंसप्लवोपेतां वीरवृक्षापहारिणीम्‌

Transliteration

śūrāsthicayasaṅkīrṇā kākagṛdhrānunāditām | chatrahaṃsaplavopetāṃ vīravṛkṣāpahāriṇīm

Translation

Sañjaya said: “The battlefield was strewn with heaps of heroes’ bones, resounding with the cries of crows and vultures; it was marked by fallen parasols, likened to swans and waterfowl, and it carried off the ‘trees’ of warriors—an image of war’s pitiless harvest, where valor ends in ruin and the righteous are reminded of life’s fragility amid slaughter.”

Word by Word

• शूर: of heroes
• शूर: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अस्थि: bone
• अस्थि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• चय: heap, accumulation
• चय: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संकीर्णा: strewn, scattered, filled
• संकीर्णा: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संकीर्ण (√कॄ/किर् + सम्, क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• काक: by crows
• काक: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• गृध्र: by vultures
• गृध्र: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृध्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अनुनादिताम्: resounding (echoed)
• अनुनादिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुनादित (√नद् + अनु, णिच्, क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• छत्र: with umbrellas
• छत्र: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• हंस: with swans
• हंस: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हंस
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• प्लव: with waterfowl (plava-birds)
• प्लव: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्लव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• उपेताम्: attended by, accompanied with
• उपेताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपेत (उप + √इ, क्त)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वीर: of warriors
• वीर: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वृक्ष: tree
• वृक्ष: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपहारिणीम्: carrying away, removing, plundering
• अपहारिणीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपहारिणी (अप + √हृ, णिनि)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• battlefield (Kurukṣetra implied)
• crows
• vultures
• parasols (royal umbrellas)
• swans
• waterfowl
• warriors (heroes)