Shloka 108

Devanagari script

आददानस्य विशिखान्‌ संदधानस्य चाशुगान्‌ । विकर्षतो मुज्चतश्न नान्तरं ददृशुर्जना:,वह कब बाण लेता, कब उन्हें धनुषपर रखता, कब प्रत्यंचा खींचता और कब उन्हें छोड़ता था तथा इन कार्योंमें कितना अन्तर पड़ता था, यह सब योद्धालोग देख नहीं पाते थे

Transliteration

ādadānasya viśikhān saṁdadhānasya cāśugān | vikarṣato muñcataś ca nāntaraṁ dadṛśur janāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: As he took up the arrows, set the swift shafts to the bow, drew the bowstring, and released them, the warriors could not perceive any interval between these actions. His archery flowed as a single, unbroken motion—so rapid that human sight could not separate the steps.

Word by Word

• आददानस्य: of (him) taking
• आददानस्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा (धातु) → आददान (शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विशिखान्: arrows
• विशिखान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशिख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• संदधानस्य: of (him) fixing/placing (on the bow)
• संदधानस्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + धा (धातु) → संदधान (शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आशुगान्: swift (arrows)
• आशुगान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशुग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विकर्षतः: of (him) drawing/pulling (the bowstring)
• विकर्षतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + कृष् (धातु) → विकर्षत् (शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मुञ्चतः: of (him) releasing/letting go
• मुञ्चतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) → मुञ्चत् (शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अन्तरम्: interval/difference
• अन्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ददृशुः: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → ददृश् (लिट्/परिपूर्ण भूत)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• जनाः: people/warriors
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arrows (viśikha/āśuga)
• bowstring (implied by vikarṣataḥ)
• warriors/onlookers (janāḥ)