Shloka 46

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

Devanagari script

तन्निधाय धनुर्भूमौ द्रोण: क्षत्रियमर्दन:

Transliteration

tan nidhāya dhanur bhūmau droṇaḥ kṣatriya-mardanaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Having laid his bow down upon the ground, Droṇa—crusher of warriors—paused, a gesture that signals a decisive shift in the battle’s moral and emotional tenor: the momentary setting aside of the weapon hints at exhaustion, restraint, or an inward turning amid the relentless demands of kṣatriya-duty.

Word by Word

• tat: that (it)
• tat: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• nidhāya: having placed
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√dhā
• Form: Lyap (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), having placed/laid down

• dhanuḥ: bow
• dhanuḥ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanus
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• bhūmau: on the ground
• bhūmau: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• droṇaḥ: Droṇa
• droṇaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: droṇa
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• kṣatriya-mardanaḥ: crusher/slayer of kṣatriyas
• kṣatriya-mardanaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣatriya-mardana
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• ground/earth (bhūmi)