Shloka 443
नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च
Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault
Devanagari script
तथा नष्ट तमो घोरें दीपैर्दीप्तैरितस्ततः । जैसे सूर्यके प्रकाशसे सम्पूर्ण जगत्में फैला हुआ अन्धकार नष्ट हो जाता है, उसी प्रकार इधर-उधर जलती हुई मशालोंसे वहाँका भयानक अँधेरा नष्ट हो गया था
Transliteration
sañjaya uvāca | tathā naṣṭaṃ tamo ghore dīpair dīptair itas tataḥ |
Translation
Sañjaya said: Just as the sun’s radiance dispels the darkness spread across the whole world, so too the dreadful gloom there was driven away by blazing torches lit here and there. In the midst of war’s fear and confusion, light becomes a practical safeguard and a moral image of clarity overcoming peril.
Word by Word
तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
नष्टम्destroyed, vanished
नष्टम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनष्ट (√नश्)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तमःdarkness
तमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतमस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
घोरेणterrible, dreadful
घोरेण:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
दीपैःby lamps/torches
दीपैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदीप
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
दीप्तैःburning, blazing
दीप्तैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootदीप्त (√दीप्)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
इतस्from here, on this side
इतस्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइतस्
ततःfrom there, thence; on that side
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaT
torches/lamps (dīpa)D
darkness (tamas)S
sun (sūrya, implied by simile)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes