Shloka 59

शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12

Devanagari script

शल्य: सायकवर्षेण पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिमान्‌

Transliteration

śalyaḥ sāyakavarṣeṇa parjanya iva vṛṣṭimān

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Śalya, menumpahkan hujan anak panah, tampak bagaikan Parjanya—awan pembawa hujan—yang mengguyur deras.

Word by Word

• शल्यः: Shalya
• शल्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सायकवर्षेण: with a shower of arrows
• सायकवर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायकवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पर्जन्यः: a rain-cloud (Parjanya)
• पर्जन्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्जन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• वृष्टिमान्: rainy, possessing rain; raining
• वृष्टिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृष्टिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Parjanya
• arrows (sāyaka)