Shloka 47

Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana

Devanagari script

तयोर्विसृजतोस्तत्र शरजालानि मारिष

Transliteration

tayor visṛjatostatra śarajālāni māriṣa

Translation

ହେ ମାରିଷ! ସେଠାରେ ସେ ଦୁଇଜଣ ନିରନ୍ତର ଅସ୍ତ୍ର ଛାଡ଼ୁଥିବାରୁ ବାଣଜାଲ ଜାଲ ପରି ପ୍ରସାରିତ ହୋଇ ରଣଭୂମି ଘନ ହୋଇ ଭରିଗଲା।

Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, dual

• विसृजतोः: (while) the two were releasing/letting fly
• विसृजतोः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√सृज्
• Form: present, third, dual, parasmaipada

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• शरजालानि: nets/volleys of arrows
• शरजालानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरजाल
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• मारिष: O noble one / O sir
• मारिष: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• two warriors (unspecified in this half-verse)
• arrows (śara)
• arrow-nets/volleys (śarajālāni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the overwhelming intensity of war: when skilled fighters unleash weapons without restraint, violence multiplies and engulfs the field like a net—an implicit reminder of the destructive momentum of conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes a duel in which two combatants are continuously shooting, producing dense, interlacing volleys of arrows that cover the battlefield.