Shloka 11

Bhagadatta’s Astra and the Fall of the Prāgjyotiṣa King (भगदत्त-वधः / वैष्णवास्त्र-प्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

त॑ वासवमिवायान्तं भूरिवर्ष शरौघधिणम्‌ | राजंस्तावकसैन्यानां नोग्रं कश्चिदवारयत्‌,राजन! इसके बाद वे इन्द्रके समान बाण-समूहोंकी भारी वर्षा करते हुए जब आपकी सेनापर आक्रमण करने लगे, उस समय आपके सैनिकोंमेंसे कोई भी उन उमग्ररूपधारी अर्जुनको रोक न सका

Transliteration

taṁ vāsavam ivāyāntaṁ bhūrivarṣa-śaraugha-dhiṇam | rājan tāvaka-sainyānāṁ na ugraṁ kaścid avārayat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, when he advanced like Vāsava (Indra), pouring down a dense rain of volleys of arrows and launching his assault upon your army, not a single one among your troops could check that fierce Arjuna.”

Word by Word

• तं: him
• तं: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वासवम्: Indra (Vāsava)
• वासवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• आयान्तम्: coming, advancing
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + या
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भूरि: much, abundant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूरि
• Form: Neuter (indeclinable adjective usage), Nominative/Accusative (adverbial), Singular

• वर्षत्: raining, showering
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• ओघ: flood, mass, torrent
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओघ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धिणम्: bearing/possessing (as read in the given text)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धिण (धिणि)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तावक: your (belonging to you)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सैन्यानाम्: of the armies/soldiers
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• उग्रम्: fierce, formidable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कश्चित्: anyone, someone
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अवारयत्: stopped, restrained
• Type: Verb
• Root: वा + रि (वारयति, causative of √वृ/√वार् in epic usage)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Arjuna
• Vāsava (Indra)
• Kaurava army (tāvaka-sainyāni)
• arrows (śara)