Shloka 56

द्रोणवध-प्रश्नः

Droṇa’s Fall: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry

Devanagari script

इन्द्राशनिसमस्पर्शा इन्द्रगोपकसंनिभा: । काये चित्रान्तराश्रित्राश्षित्रायुधमुदावहन्‌

Transliteration

indrāśani-samasparśā indragopaka-sannibhāḥ | kāye citrāntarāśritrāḥ kṣitrāyudham udāvahan |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “They were as hard to the touch as Indra’s thunderbolt, and in hue they resembled the bright indragopa insect. Resting upon the body in variegated patterns, they bore aloft their weapons—terrible to behold—signaling the fierce, fate-driven momentum of battle.”

Word by Word

• इन्द्राशनिसमस्पर्शाः: having a touch like Indra's thunderbolt
• इन्द्राशनिसमस्पर्शाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्राशनि-सम-स्पर्श
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• इन्द्रगोपकसंनिभाः: resembling indragopaka insects (bright red)
• इन्द्रगोपकसंनिभाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्रगोपक-संनिभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• काये: in the body
• काये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चित्रान्तराश्रिताः: resting/placed within variegated (patterns/markings)
• चित्रान्तराश्रिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र-अन्तर-आश्रित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• क्षिप्त्रायुधम्: swift weapon / quickly hurled weapon
• क्षिप्त्रायुधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिप्त्र-आयुध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उदावहन्: they bore/they carried forth
• उदावहन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + वह्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Indra
• Indra’s thunderbolt (vajra)
• indragopa insect
• weapons (āyudha)