Shloka 326

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

Devanagari script

श्रेणीकृता व्यरोचन्त राजन्‌ क्रौज्चा इवाम्बरे । राजन! अधिरथपुत्रके धनुषसे जो बाण छूटते थे, वे श्रेणीबद्ध होकर आकाशगमें क्रौंच पक्षियोंके समान सुशोभित होते थे

Transliteration

śreṇīkṛtā vyarocanta rājan krauñcā ivāmbare |

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, the arrows, released in ordered rows, shone in the sky like flights of krauñca birds. The image underscores the disciplined, almost ritual precision of warfare—beauty and order appearing even amid lethal violence, reminding the listener that martial skill, when harnessed by resolve, can turn destruction into a grim spectacle of form and control.

Word by Word

• श्रेणीकृताः: arranged in rows/formation
• श्रेणीकृताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेणीकृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विरोचन्त: shone, appeared splendid
• विरोचन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि√रुच्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• क्रौञ्चाः: krauncha birds (cranes)
• क्रौञ्चाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रौञ्च
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अम्बरे: in the sky
• अम्बरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• krauñca birds
• sky (ambara)
• arrows