Shloka 486

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

Devanagari script

आकाशे भरतश्रेष्ठ पावक: समजायत । भरतश्रेष्ठ! उन दोनों पुरुषसिंहोंके बाणोंके परस्पर टकरानेसे आकाशमें आग प्रकट हो जाती थी

Transliteration

ākāśe bharataśreṣṭha pāvakaḥ samajāyata | bharataśreṣṭha! ubhayor dvayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayor bāṇānāṃ parasparaṃ ṭakkarāt ākāśe 'gnir abhavat |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O best of the Bharatas, fire seemed to arise in the very sky. Indeed, O Bharata-foremost, as the arrows of those two lion-like warriors struck against one another, flames appeared overhead.” The scene underscores how the warriors’ prowess, when driven by wrath and rivalry, turns the battlefield into a spectacle of destructive power, where even the heavens seem to burn.

Word by Word

• आकाशे: in the sky
• आकाशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• भरतश्रेष्ठ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पावकः: fire
• पावकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समजायत: arose / came into being
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Bharataśreṣṭha)
• two lion-like warriors (puruṣasiṃha)
• arrows (bāṇa)
• fire/Agni (pāvaka/agni)
• sky (ākāśa)