Shloka 78

Śalya’s Objection to Sārathya and Duryodhana’s Conciliation (शल्यमन्यु-प्रशमनम् / Sārathyāṅgīkāra)

Devanagari script

अभ्यधावत तेजस्वी विशीर्णकवचध्वजान्‌ । तापयामास तान्‌ बाणै: सूतपुत्रो महाबल: । मध्यंदिनमनुप्राप्तो भूतानीव तमोनुद:

Transliteration

abhyadhāvat tejasvī viśīrṇakavacadhvajān | tāpayāmāsa tān bāṇaiḥ sūtaputro mahābalaḥ | madhyaṁdinam anuprāpto bhūtānīva tamonudaḥ ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「輝きに満ち、力強き御者の子（カルナ）は、鎧と旗印を打ち砕かれた者たちへ突進し、矢の雨で彼らを焼きつけた。真昼の極みに至ると、彼は太陽が生きとし生けるものの闇を払うように、彼らの闇を追い払った。」

Word by Word

• अभ्यधावत्: ran towards, charged
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-धाव्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तेजस्वी: the radiant one
• तेजस्वी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विशीर्ण: shattered, broken
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-शीर्ण (√शॄ/शृ)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कवच: armor
• Type: Noun
• Root: कवच
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ध्वजान्: standards, banners
• ध्वजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तापयामास: tormented, scorched
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (causative: तापय्)
• Form: Perfect periphrastic (Liṭ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सूत: charioteer
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबलः: mighty-strong
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मध्यंदिनम्: midday
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्यंदिन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनुप्राप्तः: having reached, arrived at
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु-प्र-आप् (ppp: अनुप्राप्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भूतानि: creatures, beings
• भूतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• तमः: darkness
• तमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नुदः: driving away, dispelling
• नुदः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नुद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna (Sūtaputra)
• arrows (bāṇa)
• armour (kavaca)
• banners/standards (dhvaja)
• midday sun (tamonudaḥ as simile)