Shloka 433

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

Devanagari script

सम्भ्रान्ता: पर्यधावन्त तस्मिंस्तमसि दारुणे | कुछ लोग अपने वाहनोंको समरांगणमें ही छोड़कर भाग चले। दूसरे लोग उन्हें तेजीसे हॉँकते हुए भागे और कितने ही सैनिक भ्रान्त होकर उस दारुण अन्धकारमें चारों ओर चक्कर काटते रहे

Transliteration

sambhrāntāḥ paryadhāvanta tasmiṃs tamasi dāruṇe |

Translation

Sañjaya said: In that dreadful darkness, the warriors, seized by panic and confusion, ran about in all directions. Some abandoned their chariots and mounts right on the battlefield and fled; others drove their vehicles at full speed to escape; and many, bewildered, kept circling aimlessly in the grim obscurity—showing how fear can dissolve discipline and order in war.

Word by Word

• सम्भ्रान्ताः: confused, bewildered
• सम्भ्रान्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्भ्रान्त (भ्रान्त; √भ्रम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पर्यधावन्त: ran about, rushed around
• पर्यधावन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + √धाव्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तमसि: in darkness
• तमसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दारुणे: terrible, dreadful
• दारुणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• darkness (tamas)
• battlefield (implied)
• vehicles/chariots (implied by context)