Shloka 8

Adhyāya 36: Ghora-yuddha-varṇanam

A Clinical Description of the Intensified Engagement

Devanagari script

जज्वलुश्चैव शस्त्राणि ध्वजाश्वैव चकम्पिरे । अश्रूणि च व्यमुञ्चन्त वाहनानि विशाम्पते,प्रजानाथ! कौरवोंके शस्त्र जल उठे, ध्वज हिलने लगे और वाहन आँसू बहाने लगे

Transliteration

jajvaluś caiva śastrāṇi dhvajāś caiva cakampire | aśrūṇi ca vyamuñcanta vāhanāni viśāmpate prajānātha |

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「おお民の主、万人の王よ――クル族の陣では武器が忽ち燃え上がり、旗印は震え、乗騎や戦車までもが涙を流すかのようであった。」

Word by Word

• जज्वलुः: blazed, flared up
• जज्वलुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्वल्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, plural, Parasmaipada

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

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• शस्त्राणि: weapons
• शस्त्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र
• Form: neuter, nominative, plural

• ध्वजाः: banners, standards
• ध्वजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

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

• अश्वाः: horses
• अश्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• चकम्पिरे: trembled, shook
• चकम्पिरे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम्प्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, plural, Ātmanepada

• अश्रूणि: tears
• अश्रूणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्रु
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

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

• व्यमुञ्चन्त: released, shed
• व्यमुञ्चन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, plural, Parasmaipada, वि

• वाहनानि: vehicles, mounts
• वाहनानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहन
• Form: neuter, nominative, plural

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kauravas
• weapons (śastrāṇi)
• banners/standards (dhvajāḥ)
• mounts/vehicles (vāhanāni)