Shloka 7

Vāsudeva-Māhātmya: Duryodhana’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Theological Account of Keśava

Devanagari script

धनुषां कूजतां तत्र तलानां चाभिहन्यताम्‌ । महान्‌ समभवच्छब्दो गिरीणामिव दीर्यताम्‌,उस समय वहाँ धनुषोंकी टंकार तथा हथेलियोंके आघातसे पर्वतोंके विदीर्ण होनेके समान बड़े जोरसे शब्द होता था

Transliteration

dhanūṣāṁ kūjatāṁ tatra talānāṁ cābhihanyatām | mahān samabhavac chabdo girīṇām iva dīryatām ||

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「そこでは弓弦が唸り、挑戦と喝采のために掌が打ち鳴らされ、山々が裂け砕けるかのごとき大轟音が起こった。それは戦場に満ちてゆく猛き武の熱情を告げるものであった。」

Word by Word

• धनुषाम्: of bows
• धनुषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• कूजताम्: of (them) sounding/twang-ing
• कूजताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: कूज्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• तलानाम्: of palms (hands)
• तलानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तल
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• अभिहन्यताम्: of (them) being struck/clapped
• अभिहन्यताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + हन्
• Form: Present passive participle (शानच्), Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• महान्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समभवत्: arose/occurred
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शब्दः: sound/noise
• शब्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गिरीणाम्: of mountains
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• दीर्यताम्: of (them) being split/rent
• Type: Verb
• Root: दॄ (दीर्यते)
• Form: Present passive participle (शानच्), Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• bows (dhanus)
• palms/palm-claps (tāla)
• mountains (giri)