Shloka 5

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 107: Karṇa–Bhīma Saṃmarda

Arrow-storm Engagement

Devanagari script

अनेकवर्णा विविधा ध्वजा: परमशोभना: । ते ध्वजा: संवृतास्तेषां पताकाभि: समन्ततः

Transliteration

anekavarṇā vividhā dhvajāḥ paramaśobhanāḥ | te dhvajāḥ saṃvṛtās teṣāṃ patākābhiḥ samantataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Their standards were of many colors and many kinds, exceedingly splendid to behold. Yet those very banners were, on every side, enveloped and obscured by surrounding pennants.”

Word by Word

• अनेकवर्णाः: many-colored
• अनेकवर्णाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेकवर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विविधाः: various
• विविधाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ध्वजाः: banners/standards
• ध्वजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परमशोभनाः: exceedingly splendid
• परमशोभनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमशोभन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ध्वजाः: banners/standards
• ध्वजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• संवृताः: covered/surrounded
• संवृताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संवृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त), वृ (वृञ्) + सम्

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• पताकाभिः: with pennons/streamers
• पताकाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पताका
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• समन्ततः: on all sides, all around
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः
• Form: true

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Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• ध्वज (battle standards/flags)
• पताका (pennants/streamers)