Shloka 34

कर्णवधार्थं धनञ्जयस्य प्रतिज्ञा — Arjuna’s resolve for Karṇa’s defeat

Devanagari script

तां महास्त्रमयीं वृष्टिं संछिद्य शरवृष्टिभि:

Transliteration

tāṁ mahāstramayīṁ vṛṣṭiṁ saṁchिद्य śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「大いなる天の武器から成るその豪雨を、彼は矢の雨で断ち切り、さらに矢の雨をもってこれに応じた。」

Word by Word

• ताम्: that (her/it)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• महास्त्रमयीम्: consisting of great weapons
• महास्त्रमयीम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महास्त्रमयी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वृष्टिम्: shower, downpour
• वृष्टिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• संछिद्य: having cut up / having shattered
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + छिद्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• शरवृष्टिभिः: with showers of arrows
• शरवृष्टिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• mahāstra (celestial weapons/astrās)
• śara (arrows)