Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ते तमभ्यर्दयन्‌ बाणैरुल्काभिरिव कुज्जरम्‌

Transliteration

te tam abhyardayan bāṇair ulkābhir iva kuñjaram

Translation

Mereka menekannya dengan hujan anak panah, seolah menghantam seekor gajah besar dengan meteor yang menyala—sebuah gambaran tentang serbuan kolektif yang tak kenal jeda; di medan perang yang keras, keberanian diuji di hadapan daya yang menghimpit dari segala arah.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अभ्यर्दयन्: they pained/harassed/assailed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + अर्द्
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• उल्काभिः: with firebrands/meteors
• उल्काभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उल्का
• Form: feminine, instrumental, plural

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• कुञ्जरम्: an elephant
• कुञ्जरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुञ्जर
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arrows (bāṇa)
• meteors/firebrands (ulkā)
• elephant (kuñjara)