Shloka 25

इन्द्रप्रशंसा, दिव्योपकरणदानं, गन्धमादनसमागमश्च

Indra’s Commendation, Bestowal of Divine Insignia, and the Gandhamādana Reunion

Devanagari script

वध्यमानास्ततस्ते तु निवातकवचा: पुन: । शरवर्षर्महद्धिर्मा समन्तात्‌ पर्यवारयन्‌,इस प्रकार मार खाते और मरते रहनेपर भी निवातकवचोंने पुनः भारी बाण-वर्षकि द्वारा मुझे सब ओरसे घेर लिया

Transliteration

vadhyamānās tatas te tu nivātakavacāḥ punaḥ | śaravarṣaṁ mahad dhīrmā samantāt paryavārayan ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “Though they were being struck down and kept dying, those Nivātakavacas again surrounded me on every side, hemming me in with a tremendous shower of arrows.”

Word by Word

• वध्यमानाः: being slain / being struck down
• वध्यमानाः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध्यमान (√वध्)
• Form: present participle, passive, plural

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• तु: but; indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• निवातकवचाः: the Nivātakavacas (those with wind-proof armor)
• निवातकवचाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवातकवच
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• शरवर्षम्: a shower of arrows
• शरवर्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• महत्: great; massive
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• धर्मा: O Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• समन्तात्: on all sides; from every direction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात्

• पर्यवारयन्: they surrounded; they hemmed in
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + √वृ (वारयति)
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), past, active, 3rd, plural

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Nivātakavacas
• arrows (śara)