Shloka 36

उपायैः पूर्ववधकथनम् / Strategic Justifications for Prior Eliminations

Devanagari script

शरधारास्त्रपवनां भुशं शीतोष्णसंकुलाम्‌ । घोरां विस्मापनीमुग्रां जीवितच्छिदमप्लवाम्‌

Transliteration

śaradhārāstrapavanāṁ bhuśaṁ śītoṣṇasaṅkulām | ghorāṁ vismāpanīm ugrāṁ jīvitacchidam aplavām ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “A dreadful storm-wind of weapons and streams of arrows arose—fierce, astonishing, and terrifying—mixed with extremes of cold and heat, cutting down life itself and leaving no refuge or means of crossing to safety.”

Word by Word

• शरधाराः: streams/showers of arrows
• शरधाराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरधारा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• अस्त्रपवनाम्: a wind of missiles/weapons
• अस्त्रपवनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्रपवन
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भृशम्: exceedingly, greatly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

• शीतोष्णसंकुलाम्: filled with cold and heat
• शीतोष्णसंकुलाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शीतोष्णसंकुल
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• घोराम्: terrible
• घोराम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विस्मापनीम्: astonishing, causing amazement
• विस्मापनीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्मापनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उग्राम्: fierce
• उग्राम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• जीवितच्छिदम्: life-cutting, taking away life
• जीवितच्छिदम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीवितच्छिद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अप्लवाम्: without a raft/means of crossing; inescapable
• अप्लवाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्लवा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arrows (śara)
• weapons/missiles (astra)