Shloka 45
Chapter 23: Śakuni Reports, Kaurava Advance, and Arjuna’s Penetration of the Host
Devanagari script
शूरबाहुविसृष्टानां शक्तीनां भरतर्षभ । ज्योतिषामिव सम्पातमपश्यन् कुरुपाण्डवा:
Transliteration
śūrabāhuvisṛṣṭānāṁ śaktīnāṁ bharatarṣabha | jyotiṣām iva sampātam apaśyan kurupāṇḍavāḥ ||
Translation
संजय बोले—भरतश्रेष्ठ! कौरव और पाण्डव योद्धाओं ने बलवान भुजाओं से फेंकी गयी शक्तियों का वेग ऐसा देखा, मानो आकाश में ज्योतियों का एक साथ पतन हो रहा हो।
Word by Word
शूरबाहुof the strong-armed (warriors)
शूरबाहु:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootशूरबाहु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
विसृष्टानाम्of those that were hurled/released
विसृष्टानाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-√सृज्
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
शक्तीनाम्of spears/javelins
शक्तीनाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas
भरतर्षभ:
TypeNoun
Rootभरतर्षभ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
ज्योतिषाम्of lights (stars/meteors)
ज्योतिषाम्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
इवas if/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
सम्पातम्a rushing together; a fall/flight (downward rush)
सम्पातम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसम्पात
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अपश्यन्they saw
अपश्यन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Root√पश्
FormImperfect, 3, Plural
कुरुपाण्डवाःthe Kurus and the Pandavas
कुरुपाण्डवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकुरुपाण्डव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaD
Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by the address bharatarṣabha)K
KurusP
PāṇḍavasŚ
śakti (spears/javelins)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes