Shloka 58

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

ता भुजाग्रैर्महावेगा निसृष्टा भुजगोपमा:

Transliteration

tā bhujāgrair mahāvegā nisṛṣṭā bhujagopamāḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Those (weapons), hurled with tremendous force from the very ends of the warriors’ arms, sped forth like serpents—swift, deadly, and unerring—intensifying the terror and moral gravity of the battle’s violence.

Word by Word

• ताः: those (women/they)
• ताः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• भुजाग्रैः: with the tips/ends of the arms
• भुजाग्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुजाग्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• महावेगाः: very swift/with great speed
• महावेगाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महावेग
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• निसृष्टाः: released/shot/let go
• निसृष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√सृज्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त), Passive (participial)

• भुजगोपमाः: snake-like; comparable to serpents
• भुजगोपमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भुजगोपम
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• weapons/missiles (implicit)