Shloka 42

Śiva’s Battlefield Manifestation and Vyāsa’s Śatarudrīya Exposition (शिवप्रादुर्भावः शतरुद्रीयव्याख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

तद्‌ बल॑ भरतश्रेष्ठ वध्यमानं तदा निशि

Transliteration

tad balaṁ bharataśreṣṭha vadhyamānaṁ tadā niśi

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O best of the Bharatas, that army, being cut down and destroyed in the darkness of night, …” (the narration continues), highlighting the grim ethical tension of nocturnal slaughter amid the chaos of war.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• बलम्: army; force
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वध्यमानम्: being slain; being killed
• वध्यमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: वध्यमान (√वध्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• निशि: at night
• निशि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by the address bharataśreṣṭha)
• bala (the army/force; unspecified here)