Shloka 109

Chapter 47: Krauñca-vyūha Deployment and Conch-Signals

Kaurava–Pāṇḍava Readiness

Devanagari script

ततो जघ्नुर्महाभेरी: शतशश्न सहस्रश: | शड्खांश्व॒ गोक्षीरनिभान्‌ दश्मुरईष्टा मनस्विन:,तदनन्तर हर्षमें भरे हुए सभी मनस्वी पुरुषोंने सैकड़ों और हजारों बड़ी-बड़ी भेरियों तथा गोदुग्धके समान श्वेत शंखोंको बजाया

Transliteration

tato jaghnur mahābheryaḥ śataśaḥ sahasraśaḥ | śaṅkhāṃś ca gokṣīranibhān dadhmuḥ iṣṭā manasvinaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Sesudah itu, para lelaki bersemangat tinggi, dipenuhi kegirangan, memalu gendang perang besar beratus-ratus dan beribu-ribu, serta meniup sangkakala putih laksana susu lembu, hingga bergema riuh rendah.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• जघ्नुः: they struck (beat)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: Lakara: Liṭ (Perfect); Person: 3; Number: Plural; Pada: Parasmaipada

• महाभेर्यः: great kettledrums
• महाभेर्यः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभेरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Gender: Feminine; Case: Accusative; Number: Plural

• शतशः: by hundreds
• शतशः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• सहस्रशः: by thousands
• सहस्रशः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• शङ्खान्: conches
• शङ्खान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Accusative; Number: Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• गोक्षीरनिभान्: white like cow’s milk
• गोक्षीरनिभान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गोक्षीरनिभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Accusative; Number: Plural

• दध्मुः: they blew
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्मा (धातु)
• Form: Lakara: Liṭ (Perfect); Person: 3; Number: Plural; Pada: Parasmaipada

• इष्टाः: dear/choice (i.e., select)
• इष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √इष्/√यज् अर्थे ‘प्रिय/इच्छित’)
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Nominative; Number: Plural

• मनस्विनः: high-spirited men
• मनस्विनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Gender: Masculine; Case: Nominative; Number: Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• mahābhērī (great war-drums)
• śaṅkha (conch-shells)