Shloka 283

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

Devanagari script

अदिद्धं तत्र नाद्राक्षं युयुधानस्य सायकै: । सर्दीसे पीड़ित हुई गायोंके समान आपकी सारी सेना वहीं चक्कर लगा रही थी। मैंने वहाँ एक भी पैदल, रथी, हाथी तथा सवारसहित घोड़ेको ऐसा नहीं देखा, जो युयुधानके बाणोंसे विद्ध न हुआ हो

Transliteration

adiddhaṁ tatra nādrākṣaṁ yuyudhānasya sāyakaiḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: There I did not see a single warrior left unpierced by Yuyudhāna’s arrows. The entire host, struck and bewildered, kept wheeling about in confusion—like cattle afflicted by a painful ailment—showing how, in war, unchecked fury and fear can dissolve order and discernment.

Word by Word

• अविद्धम्: unpierced, not struck
• अविद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विध् (धातु) / विद्ध (कृदन्त) + अ- (निषेध)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अद्राक्षम्: I saw
• अद्राक्षम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: Aorist (लुङ्), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• युयुधानस्य: of Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• युयुधानस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युयुधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सायकैः: with arrows
• सायकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki)
• arrows (sāyaka)