Shloka 22

अर्जुनस्य गुरुधर्मविलापः तथा शैनेयकर्णयोर्युद्धारम्भः | Arjuna’s Lament on Guru-Dharma and the Opening of the Sātyaki–Karṇa Duel

Devanagari script

स सम्प्रहारस्तुमुलस्तस्य तेषां च धन्विनाम्‌ । देवासुररणप्रख्य: प्रावर्तत जनक्षय:,सात्यकि तथा आपकी सेनाके धनुर्धरोंका वह नरसंहारकारी युद्ध देवासुर-संग्रामके समान अत्यन्त भयंकर हो चला

Transliteration

sa samprahāras tumulas tasya teṣāṃ ca dhanvinām | devāsura-raṇa-prakhyaḥ prāvartata jana-kṣayaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: The clash between him and those bowmen grew into a tumultuous engagement. That slaughter of men began to unfold, dreadful and vast—like the legendary war between the gods and the asuras—bringing ruin upon the people and revealing the grim moral cost of unchecked fury in battle.

Word by Word

• सः: that (battle)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्प्रहारः: clash, combat
• सम्प्रहारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्प्रहार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तुमुलः: tumultuous, fierce
• तुमुलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुमुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

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

• धन्विनाम्: of the bowmen
• धन्विनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• देवासुररणप्रख्यः: like the battle of gods and asuras
• देवासुररणप्रख्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवासुररण-प्रख्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रावर्तत: began, commenced
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वृत्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• जनक्षयः: destruction of people, slaughter
• जनक्षयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन-क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Devas
• Asuras
• Dhanvins (archers/bowmen)