Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ततस्तूर्यसहस्राणि नानालिज्रानि भारत

Transliteration

tatastūryasahasrāṇi nānāliṅgāni bhārata

Translation

Then, O Bhārata, thousands of war-instruments—trumpets and other resounding signals of many kinds—were sounded, heightening the tumult of battle and stirring the warriors’ resolve.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• तूर्य: musical instruments (trumpets/drums etc.)
• तूर्य: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तूर्य
• Form: Neuter, nominative plural (in compound with सहस्राणि)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: Neuter, nominative plural

• नाना: various, many kinds of
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना
• Form: Avyaya (adverbial/attributive: 'various')

• अलिज्रानि: a kind of musical instrument (uncertain identification)
• अलिज्रानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलिज्र
• Form: Neuter, nominative plural

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, vocative singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• tūrya (war-instruments)