Shloka 116

Devanagari script

तस्माच्छरा: प्रादुरासन्‌ शतशो5थ सहस्रश: । संछादयन्त: समरे द्रौणिमाहवशोभिनम्‌

Transliteration

tasmāc charāḥ prādurāsan śataśo ’tha sahasraśaḥ | saṃchādayantaḥ samare drauṇim āhavaśobhinam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Therefore, arrows appeared in the hundreds and then in the thousands, spreading forth and covering the battlefield—enveloping Droṇa’s son (Aśvatthāmā), who was resplendent in combat. The verse underscores the overwhelming intensity of martial force, where prowess is measured by the capacity to flood the field with weapons, even as the moral weight of such violence hangs over the scene.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that (cause/therefore)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• शराः: arrows
• शराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रादुरासन्: appeared, arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रादुर् + अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• शतशः: by hundreds, in hundreds
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शत

• अथ: and then/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सहस्रशः: by thousands, in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्र

• संछादयन्तः: covering, veiling
• संछादयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + छद्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• द्रौणिम्: Drauni (Aśvatthāman)
• द्रौणिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (Proper)
• Root: द्रौणि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आहवशोभिनम्: splendid in battle
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आहव-शोभिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Drauṇi (Aśvatthāmā)
• arrows (śarāḥ)
• battlefield/battle (samara, āhava)