Shloka 38

भीष्मभीमसमागमः — Bhīṣma–Bhīma Strategic Engagement and Counsel to the King

Devanagari script

एतदुक्‍त्वा तु कौन्तेयो धनुज्यामवमृज्य च । ववर्ष शरवर्षाणि नराधिपगणान्‌ प्रति,ऐसा कहकर कुन्तीनन्दन अर्जुनने अपने धनुषकी प्रत्यंचापर हाथ फेरा और विपक्षी नरेशोंपर बाणोंकी वर्षा प्रारम्भ कर दी

Transliteration

etad uktvā tu kaunteyo dhanu-jyām avamṛjya ca | vavarṣa śara-varṣāṇi narādhipa-gaṇān prati ||

Translation

Sanjaya berkata: “Setelah berkata demikian, Arjuna putra Kunti mengusap tali busurnya, lalu menumpahkan hujan anak panah ke arah para raja lawan.”

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (statement/act)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• तु: then/indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कौन्तेयः: Kunti's son (Arjuna)
• कौन्तेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ज्याम्: bowstring
• ज्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अवमृज्य: having wiped/cleared (stroking)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृज्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), अव, Parasmaipada (usage)

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

• ववर्ष: rained down/poured forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शर-वर्षाणि: showers of arrows
• शर-वर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• नर-अधिप-गणान्: groups of kings
• नर-अधिप-गणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिपगण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रति: towards/against
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Kaunteya)
• bowstring (dhanu-jyā)
• arrows (śara)