Shloka 21

जयद्रथवधः — The Slaying of Jayadratha

Sunset Vow and Curse-Condition

Devanagari script

शरबाणासनधरा यवनाश्ष प्रहारिण: । शका: किराता दरदा बर्बरास्ताम्रलिप्तका:

Transliteration

śarabāṇāsanadharā yavanāś ca prahāriṇaḥ | śakāḥ kirātā daradā barbarās tāmrālipṭakāḥ ||

Translation

Sūta said: “There were warriors bearing bows and arrows—Yavanas, fierce in assault; Śakas, Kirātas, Daradas, Barbarians, and the people of Tāmrālipta.” The verse underscores how the war drew in many frontier and foreign groups, emphasizing the vast, multi-ethnic scale of the conflict and the moral weight of a battle that engulfed all directions.

Word by Word

• शरबाणासनधाराः: those bearing arrows, bows, and seats (i.e., equipped with bow-and-arrow gear)
• शरबाणासनधाराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शर-बाण-आसन-धार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यवनाः: Yavanas (Greeks/foreigners)
• यवनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यवन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रहारिणः: strikers/attackers
• प्रहारिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शकाः: Śakas (Scythians)
• शकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• किराताः: Kirātas (mountain/forest tribes)
• किराताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दरदाः: Daradas (a northern people)
• दरदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दरद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बर्बराः: Barbaras (foreign tribes)
• बर्बराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्बर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ताम्रलिप्तकाः: Tāmraliptakas (people of Tāmraliptā)
• ताम्रलिप्तकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्रलिप्तक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

सूत उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Yavana
• Śaka
• Kirāta
• Darada
• Barbara
• Tāmrālipta
• bows (asana)
• arrows (śara/bāṇa)