Shloka 55

Chapter 51: Saṃdhyākāla-saṃhāra

Evening Withdrawal after Arjuna’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

ते निकृत्तमहाचापास्त्वरमाणा महारथा: । रथशक्ती: परामृश्य विनेदुर्भरवान्‌ रवान्‌,अपने विशाल धनुषोंके कट जानेपर उन सातों महारथियोंने बड़ी उतावलीके साथ रथ- शक्तियाँ उठा लीं और भयंकर गर्जना की

Transliteration

te nikṛttamahācāpās tvaramāṇā mahārathāḥ | rathaśaktīḥ parāmṛśya vinedur bharavān ravān |

Translation

മഹാവില്ലുകൾ മുറിക്കപ്പെട്ടപ്പോൾ ആ മഹാരഥർ ഉടൻ തന്നെ ത്വരയോടെ രഥശക്തികൾ പിടിച്ചെടുത്തു ഭയങ്കരമായ ഗർജ്ജനങ്ങൾ മുഴക്കി।

Word by Word

• ते: they (those)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निकृत्त: cut off
• निकृत्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-कृत् (कृदन्त: क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महाचापाः: great-bowmen / (those with) great bows
• महाचापाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाचाप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• त्वरमाणाः: hastening
• त्वरमाणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वर् (कृदन्त: शतृ/शानच्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रथशक्तीः: chariot-spears (javelins kept on chariots)
• रथशक्तीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथशक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• परामृश्य: having grasped / taking up
• परामृश्य: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परा-मृश् (ल्यप्/त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Absolutive (gerund)

• विनेदुः: they roared / sounded
• विनेदुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• भरवान्: terrible, heavy, dreadful
• भरवान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भरवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रवान्: cries, roars, sounds
• रवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• mahārathāḥ (great chariot-warriors)
• mahācāpa (great bows)
• rathaśakti (chariot-spears/javelins)