Shloka 8

Devanagari script

शृणु दुन्दुभिनिर्घोषं शड्खशब्दं च दारुणम्‌

Transliteration

śṛṇu dundubhinirghoṣaṃ śaṅkhaśabdaṃ ca dāruṇam

Translation

ऐक—दुंदुभींचा गर्जननाद आणि शंखांचा तो कठोर, भयानक शब्द.

Word by Word

• शृणु: hear; listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (शृणोति)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2nd, singular, परस्मैपदम्

• दुन्दुभि-निर्घोषम्: the roar/sound of the drum
• दुन्दुभि-निर्घोषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुन्दुभि + निर्घोष
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• शङ्ख-शब्दम्: the sound of the conch
• शङ्ख-शब्दम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख + शब्द
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

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

• दारुणम्: terrible; dreadful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• dundubhi (war-drums)
• śaṅkha (conch-shells)