Shloka 36

अध्याय २६ — शल्यस्य सारथ्य-नियोजनं, कर्णस्य प्रस्थानं, उत्पातदर्शनं च

Chapter 26: Śalya appointed as charioteer; Karṇa’s departure; portents

Devanagari script

गन्धर्वनगराकारं घोरमायोधनं तदा

Transliteration

gandharvanagarākāraṃ ghoramāyodhanaṃ tadā

Translation

Sañjaya said: “At that time, the battlefield appeared like a Gandharva-city—an awe-inspiring, illusory spectacle—terrible in its aspect.”

Word by Word

• गन्धर्वनगराकारम्: having the form of a Gandharva-city (illusory city)
• गन्धर्वनगराकारम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गन्धर्वनगराकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• घोरम्: terrible
• घोरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आयोधनम्: battle, battlefield
• आयोधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयोधन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: then, at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Gandharva (as a class of beings)
• battlefield (āyodhana)