Shloka 286

धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — सात्यकि-अलम्बुसयोर्युद्धवर्णनम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Dialogue; Account of Sātyaki vs Alambusa

Devanagari script

त्वरन्‌ प्राच्छादयद्‌ बाणैः शलभानामिव व्रजै: । इसके बाद द्रोणाचार्यने उतावले होकर टिट्ठीदलोंके समान अपने शीघ्रगामी बाणोंद्वारा घोड़े, सारथि, रथ और ध्वजसहित सात्यकिको आच्छादित कर दिया

Transliteration

tvaran prācchādayad bāṇaiḥ śalabhānām iva vrajaiḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Hastening, Droṇācārya showered Sātyaki with a dense volley of arrows, covering him as swarms of locusts blanket the sky—an image of overwhelming force in the relentless ethics of battlefield duty, where mastery and resolve are tested without pause.

Word by Word

• त्वरन्: hastening, in haste
• त्वरन्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वर् (धातु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राच्छादयत्: covered, concealed
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद् (धातु) (उपसर्ग: प्र-)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शलभानाम्: of locusts
• Type: Noun
• Root: शलभ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• व्रजैः: with swarms, with multitudes
• व्रजैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇācārya
• Sātyaki
• arrows
• locust swarms