Shloka 1223

Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana

Devanagari script

नातिदीर्घमिवाध्वानं शरै: संत्रासयन्‌ बलम्‌ | अर्जुन भागते हुए अभश्वत्थामाके पीछे-पीछे अपने बाणोंद्वारा कौरव-सेनाको संत्रस्त करते हुए कुछ दूरतक गये

Transliteration

nātidīrgham ivādhvānaṁ śaraiḥ saṁtrāsayan balam | arjunaḥ bhāgate 'bhyaśvatthāmānaṁ paścāt-paścāt śaraiḥ kaurava-senāṁ saṁtrāsayan kiñcid dūraṁ yayau ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Not for a very long stretch of the road, Arjuna went on—pursuing Aśvatthāmā as he fled—while with his arrows he kept the Kaurava host in terror. The scene underscores Arjuna’s controlled pursuit: he presses the offender, yet measures the chase rather than letting wrath turn into indiscriminate slaughter.

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• ati: excessively, too
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ati

• dīrgham: long
• dīrgham: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīrgha
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

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

• adhvānām: journey, path, distance
• adhvānām: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhvan
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• śaraiḥ: with arrows
• śaraiḥ: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• santrāsayan: terrifying, causing panic
• santrāsayan: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-tras
• Form: śatṛ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular

• balam: army, force
• balam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Aśvatthāmā
• Kaurava army
• arrows