Shloka 17

Devanagari script

वरायुधान्‌ पाणिगतै: शरै:ः सह क्षुरैन्यकृन्तत्‌ प्रपतन्‌ शिरांसि च

Transliteration

varāyudhān pāṇigataiḥ śaraiḥ saha kṣuraiḥ nyakṛntat prapatan śirāṃsi ca

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Dengan anak panah yang dilepaskan oleh tangannya sendiri—bersama anak panah bermata tajam seperti pisau cukur—dia menebas putus kepala para pahlawan yang memegang senjata unggul, hingga mereka rebah ke tanah.

Word by Word

• वरायुधान्: those with excellent weapons / well-armed (men)
• वरायुधान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरायुध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पाणिगतैः: held in the hand
• पाणिगतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाणिगत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• क्षुरैः: with razors/razor-edged (weapons)
• क्षुरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• न्यकृन्तत्: cut off / severed
• न्यकृन्तत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत् (कृन्तति)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• प्रपतन्: falling (down)
• प्रपतन्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शिरांसि: heads
• शिरांसि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arrows (śara)
• razor-edged shafts (kṣura)
• heads (śiras)