Shloka 433

रणभूमिवर्णनम् — Devāsuropama-yuddha and the ‘River’ Metaphor of the Battlefield

Devanagari script

उपयाता नरव्याप्रा: पञ्चालाश्न यशस्विन: । इसी प्रकार समरांगणमें विजयसे सुशोभित होनेवाले शूरवीर पुरुषसिंह पाण्डव और यशस्वी पांचाल वीर आपकी सेनाके समीप आ पहुँचे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | upayātā naravyāprāḥ pañcālāś ca yaśasvinaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: The active and battle-engaged Pañcālas—men of renown—advanced and came near. In the same way, the Pāṇḍavas, lion-like heroes, splendid with the prospect of victory on the battlefield, along with the famed Pañcāla warriors, drew close to your army—signaling the tightening of the conflict and the moral weight of a war fought among kinsmen and allies.

Word by Word

• उपयाताः: having approached / arrived
• उपयाताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-या (धातु √या)
• Form: भूत (क्त), बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा

• नरव्याप्राः: tigers among men (heroic men)
• नरव्याप्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरव्याघ्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• पञ्चालाः: the Panchalas
• पञ्चालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चाल
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यशस्विनः: glorious / renowned
• यशस्विनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यशस्विन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavas
• Pañcālas
• Kaurava army (your army)
• battlefield (samara-aṅgaṇa)