Shloka 43

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

ताञ्छरौघान्‌ महावर्तान्‌ शोणितोदान्‌ महाह्ददान्‌

Transliteration

tāñ charaughān mahāvartān śoṇitodān mahāhradān

Translation

Sanjaya berkata: “Deras anak panah itu—berputar seperti pusaran raksasa—menjadi laksana danau-danau besar yang airnya adalah darah.”

Word by Word

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शरौघान्: masses/streams of arrows
• शरौघान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर-ओघ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महावर्तान्: having great whirlpools/eddies
• महावर्तान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महावर्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शोणितोदान्: whose water is blood / blood-watered
• शोणितोदान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोणित-उद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महाह्रदान्: great lakes/pools
• महाह्रदान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाह्रद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arrows
• blood
• lakes/deep pools