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Shloka 15

द्रोणपर्व — द्विनवति-तमोऽध्यायः

Sātyaki Pressed by Kauravas; Duryodhana and Kṛtavarmā Engagements

नानावादित्रशब्देन पाज्चजन्यस्वनेन च । देवदत्तस्य घोषेण गाण्डीवनिनदेन च,घोड़ोंकी टापोंके शब्दसे, रथके पहियोंकी उस घरघराहटसे, उच्चस्वरसे किये जानेवाले गर्जन-तर्जनकी उस आवाजसे, धनुषकी प्रत्यंचाकी उस टंकारसे, भाँति-भाँतिके वाद्योंकी ध्वनिसे, पांचजन्यके हुंकारसे, देवदत्त नामक शंखके गम्भीर घोषसे तथा गाण्डीवकी टंकार- ध्वनिसे मनुष्यों और हाथियोंके वेग मन्द पड़ गये और वे सब-के-सब भयके मारे अचेत हो गये। सव्यसाची अर्जुनने विषधर सर्पके समान भयंकर बाणोंद्वारा उन्हें विदीर्ण कर दिया

nānāvāditraśabdena pāñcajanyasvanena ca | devadattasya ghoṣeṇa gāṇḍīvaninadēna ca ||

Sañjaya said: Amid the clamour of many kinds of instruments—together with the roar of Pāñcajanya, the deep peal of Devadatta, and the reverberating twang of the Gāṇḍīva—there arose a terrifying din that broke the enemy’s momentum. Men and elephants, their speed checked, were struck senseless with fear; and Arjuna, the ambidextrous master of the bow, then tore through them with dreadful, serpent-like arrows. The scene underscores how, in war, psychological force—sound, symbols, and resolve—can shatter courage even before steel and shafts complete the work.

नानाvarious, manifold
नाना:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाना
Formindeclinable
वादित्र-शब्देनby the sound of musical instruments
वादित्र-शब्देन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवादित्र-शब्द
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
पाञ्चजन्य-स्वनेनby the blast/sound of (the conch) Pāñcajanya
पाञ्चजन्य-स्वनेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपाञ्चजन्य-स्वन
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
Formindeclinable
देवदत्तस्यof Devadatta (name of a conch)
देवदत्तस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootदेवदत्त
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
घोषेणby the roar/peal
घोषेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootघोष
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
गाण्डीव-निनदेनby the twang/sound of (the bow) Gāṇḍīva
गाण्डीव-निनदेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootगाण्डीव-निनद
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
Formindeclinable

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
A
Arjuna
P
Pāñcajanya (conch of Kṛṣṇa)
D
Devadatta (conch of Arjuna)
G
Gāṇḍīva (Arjuna’s bow)
M
men (warriors)
E
elephants