Shloka 55

शल्यपर्व — चतुर्विंशोऽध्यायः | Śalya Parva, Chapter 24: Disruption of Kaurava Formations and the Elephant Encirclement

Devanagari script

ततः प्रायाद्‌ रथेनाजी सव्यसाची परंतप: । किरन्‌ शरशतांस्तीक्ष्णान्‌ वारिधारा घनो यथा

Transliteration

tataḥ prāyād rathenājau savyasācī parantapaḥ | kiran śaraśatāṁs tīkṣṇān vāridhārā ghano yathā ||

Translation

ତାପରେ ଶତ୍ରୁସନ୍ତାପକ ସବ୍ୟସାଚୀ ଅର୍ଜୁନ ରଥରେ ଯୁଦ୍ଧକ୍ଷେତ୍ରକୁ ଅଗ୍ରସର ହେଲେ ଏବଂ ତୀକ୍ଷ୍ଣ ଶତଶଃ ଶର ବିକୀର୍ଣ୍ଣ କଲେ—ଯେପରି ଘନ ମେଘ ଅବିରତ ଜଳଧାରା ବର୍ଷାଏ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from there/then')

• प्रायात्: set forth; advanced; went
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (या)
• Form: Aorist (luṅ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person singular

• रथेन: by/with a chariot
• रथेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अजौ: in battle
• अजौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सव्यसाची: Savyasācin (Arjuna; ambidextrous archer)
• सव्यसाची: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परंतपः: foe-scorcher
• परंतपः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• किरन्: scattering; showering
• किरन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॄ (किरति)
• Form: Present active participle (śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरशतान्: hundreds of arrows
• शरशतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरशत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तीक्ष्णान्: sharp
• तीक्ष्णान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वारिधाराः: streams of water
• वारिधाराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारिधारा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• घनः: a cloud
• घनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: घन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as; like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: Avyaya (comparative particle)

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Savyasācī)
• chariot
• arrows
• rain-cloud (metaphor)