Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तमुद्यतमहाचापं दृष्टवा ते व्यथिता नृपा:

Transliteration

tam udyata-mahā-cāpaṁ dṛṣṭvā te vyathitā nṛpāḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing him with his great bow raised and ready, those kings were shaken with fear and anxiety—an instant in which martial prowess overwhelms resolve and exposes the fragile line between courage and panic in war.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उद्यत-महा-चापम्: having a great bow held aloft/raised
• उद्यत-महा-चापम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्यत + महा + चाप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• व्यथिताः: distressed, shaken
• व्यथिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यथित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नृपाः: kings
• नृपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• him (unnamed warrior)
• kings (nṛpāḥ)
• great bow (mahācāpa)