Shloka 343

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

Devanagari script

अजस्रमपतन्‌ बाणा भीमसेनरयथं प्रति । धनुषके बलसे उठे हुए वे सुवर्णभूषित बाण भीमसेनके रथपर लगातार गिर रहे थे

Transliteration

ajasram apatan bāṇā bhīmasena-rathaṁ prati | dhanuṣke balase uṭhe huye te suvarṇa-bhūṣitā bāṇā bhīmasenasya rathopari lagātāraṁ giriṣyantaḥ sma |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Unceasingly, arrows flew toward Bhīmasena’s chariot. Shot with force from the bow, those gold-adorned shafts kept raining down upon Bhīmasena’s car without pause—an image of relentless martial pressure in the dharmic catastrophe of war, where prowess and endurance are tested amid escalating violence.

Word by Word

• अजस्रम्: continuously, incessantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अजस्र
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable adverb)

• अपतन्: fell (were falling)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person plural

• बाणाः: arrows
• बाणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भीमसेनरथम्: Bhimasena's chariot
• भीमसेनरथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन-रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards, against
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति
• Form: Avyaya (preposition/particle governing accusative)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• chariot (ratha)
• bow (dhanus)
• arrows (bāṇa)
• gold-adorned arrows (suvarṇa-bhūṣita bāṇa)