Shloka 2

Devanagari script

नालक्षयत तत्‌ कश्रनिद्‌ वारुणास्त्रेण संवृतम्‌ । अर्जुनस्य लघुत्वाच्च संवृतत्वाच्च तेजस:,एक तो अर्जुनने बड़ी फुर्ती की थी, दूसरे भीमसेनपर उस अस्त्रके तेजका आवरण था, इससे कोई भी यह देख न सका कि भीमसेन वारुणास्त्रसे घिरे हुए हैं

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

nālakṣayata tat kaścid vāruṇāstreṇa saṃvṛtam |

arjunasya laghutvāc ca saṃvṛtatvāc ca tejasāḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: No one perceived that (Bhīmasena) was enveloped by the Vāruṇa weapon. For Arjuna acted with great swiftness, and the weapon’s blazing power itself formed a covering; therefore the warriors could not see that Bhīma was hemmed in by the Vāruṇāstra.

Word by Word

नnot

अलक्षयतsaw/observed

तत्that (thing/state)

कश्चनanyone

वारुण-अस्त्रेणby the Varuṇa-weapon

संवृतम्covered/enveloped

अर्जुनस्यof Arjuna

लघुत्वात्because of swiftness/lightness

चand

संवृतत्वात्because of being covered

चand

तेजसःof the brilliance/energy

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

Bhīmasena

Vāruṇāstra

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes