Mahabharata 9.21.3 — Shalya Parva, Adhyaya 21, Shloka 3

Adhyāya 21 — Duryodhanasya bāṇavarṣaḥ

Duryodhana’s Arrow-Storm and the Dust-Obscured Engagements

Devanagari script

सनिवृत्तास्तु ते शूरा दृष्टवा सात्वतमाहवे । शैलोपमं स्थिरं राजन्‌ कीर्यमाणं शरैर्युधि

Translation

Wahai Raja, apabila mereka melihat Kṛtavarmā, wira keturunan Sātvata, teguh berdiri di medan perang, para pahlawan yang telah lari pun berpatah balik. Walau dihujani anak panah dalam pertempuran, dia tetap tidak berganjak, laksana gunung batu.

Word by Word

• सनिवृत्ताः: returned (back)
• सनिवृत्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-निवृत्त (नि+वृत्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

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

• शूराः: heroes/warriors
• शूराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• सात्वतम्: the Sātvata (warrior)
• सात्वतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्वत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आहवे: in battle
• आहवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• शैलोपमम्: mountain-like
• शैलोपमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शैल-उपम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स्थिरम्: firm/steady
• स्थिरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कीर्यमाणम्: being covered/strewn (over)
• कीर्यमाणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कॄ (कीर्यते) + यमाण (शानच्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular, Passive, शानच् (present passive participle)

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

• युधि: in the fight
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध् (युधि as noun-form)
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

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