Shloka 2

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Anxiety and Bhīṣma’s Theological Explanation of Pāṇḍava Invincibility

Book 6, Chapter 61

Devanagari script

शरैरतिरथो युद्धे दारयन्‌ रथयूथपान्‌ | ते वध्यमाना: पार्थेन कालेनेव युगक्षये

Transliteration

śarair atiratho yuddhe dārayan rathayūthapān | te vadhyamānāḥ pārthena kāleneva yugakṣaye ||

Translation

युद्धात तो अतिरथी आपल्या बाणांनी रथ-दलांच्या नायकांना भेदून टाकीत होता। पार्थाच्या हातून वध होत असता ते असे कोसळत होते, जणू युगान्तीचा काळच त्यांचा नाश करीत आहे।

Word by Word

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अतिरथः: the great chariot-warrior
• अतिरथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिरथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दारयन्: tearing/piercing
• दारयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दॄ (दारयति)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रथयूथपान्: leaders of chariot-troops
• रथयूथपान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथयूथप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• वध्यमानाः: being slain
• वध्यमानाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध्
• Form: शानच् (present passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पार्थेन: by Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• कालेन: by Time
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• इव: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• युगक्षये: at the end of an age (yuga)
• युगक्षये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युगक्षय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• atiratha (elite chariot-warrior)
• rathayūthapa (chariot-troop leaders)
• kāla (Time, personified)
• yugakṣaya (end of an age)