Shloka 53

Droṇasya raudra-prayogaḥ

Droṇa’s intensified assault and the Pāṇḍava response

Devanagari script

तथा पर्यचरद्‌ द्रोण: पाण्डवानां बले बली | अलातचक्रवद्‌ राज॑स्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्‌,राजन! बलवान द्रोणाचार्य पाण्डवोंकी सेनामें अलातचक्रकी भाँति चारों ओर चक्कर लगाने लगे। यह एक 5 बात हुई

Transliteration

tathā paryacarad droṇaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ bale balī | alātacakravad rājan tad adbhutam ivābhavat ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「大王よ、剛力のドローナはパーンダヴァ軍の中を、燃える松明を振り回して輪を描くかのように四方へ巡り、まことに驚くべき光景を現した。」

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• पर्यचरद्: moved around, circled
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + चर्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• द्रोणः: Drona
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pandavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• बले: in the army/force
• बले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• बली: mighty, powerful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अलातचक्रवत्: like a firebrand-wheel (a whirling torch)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अलातचक्रवत्

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful, marvelous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

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

• अभवत्: became, was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Pāṇḍavas
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')
• alātacakra (whirling firebrand, metaphor)