Shloka 16

शैनेयचरितम्

The Exploits of Śaineya/Sātyaki amid Encirclement

Devanagari script

यथैव शरवर्षाणि द्रोणो वर्षति पार्षते । तथैव शरवर्षाणि धृष्टद्युम्नो5प्यवर्षत,आचार्य द्रोण धृष्टद्युम्मपर जैसे बाणोंकी वर्षा करते थे, धृष्टद्युम्न भी द्रोणपर वैसे ही बाण बरसाते थे

Transliteration

yathaiva śaravarṣāṇi droṇo varṣati pārṣate | tathaiva śaravarṣāṇi dhṛṣṭadyumno 'py avarṣata ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Just as Droṇa was showering torrents of arrows upon the son of Pṛṣata, so too Dhṛṣṭadyumna, in the same manner, rained down volleys of arrows upon Droṇa. Thus the battle is portrayed as a contest of matched prowess, where disciplined martial skill is turned against a revered teacher, intensifying the ethical tension between duty in war and reverence for one’s elders.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• शर-वर्षाणि: showers of arrows
• शर-वर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर-वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• द्रोणः: Droṇa
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वर्षति: rains/pours
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पार्षते: to the son of Pṛṣata (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)
• पार्षते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षत
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• तथा: so/in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• शर-वर्षाणि: showers of arrows
• शर-वर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर-वर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अवर्षत्: rained/poured
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata)