Shloka 1

Divyāstrāṇāṃ Pradarśana-nivāraṇa

Display of Divine Weapons and Its Prohibition

Devanagari script

अपना स२ (0 अवज असल एकसप्तत्याधिकशततमो< ध्याय: दानवोंके मायामय युद्धका वर्णन अजुन उवाच ततो<श्मवर्ष सुमहत्‌ प्रादुरासीत्‌ समन्ततः । नगमात्रै: शिलाखण्डैस्तन्मां दृढ्मपीडयत्‌,अर्जुन बोले--महाराज! तदनन्तर चारों ओरसे पत्थरोंकी बड़ी भारी वर्षा आरम्भ हो गयी। वृक्षोंक बराबर ऊँचे शिलाखण्ड रणभूमिमें गिरने लगे, इससे मुझे बड़ी पीड़ा हुई

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca | tato 'śmavarṣaṃ sumahat prādurāsīt samantataḥ | nagamātraiḥ śilākhaṇḍais tan māṃ dṛḍham apīḍayat ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “Then, all around, a tremendous rain of stones suddenly arose. Great rock-fragments, as large as trees, fell upon the battlefield and pressed upon me with crushing force, causing me intense pain.”

Word by Word

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अश्मवर्षः: a rain of stones
• अश्मवर्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्मवर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुमहत्: very great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रादुरासीत्: appeared/arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रादुर् + अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

• नगमात्रैः: with (things) of mountain-size
• नगमात्रैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नगमात्र
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शिलाखण्डैः: with boulders/stone-fragments
• शिलाखण्डैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिलाखण्ड
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तत्: that (rain/that event)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• दृढम्: firmly/strongly
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपिडयत्: tormented/pressed/pained
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• stone-rain (aśmavarṣa)
• rock-fragments (śilākhaṇḍa)