Shloka 28

Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 77 — Saindhava resistance, Arjuna’s restraint, and Duḥśalā’s supplication

Devanagari script

ततस्ते सैन्धवा योधा: सर्व एव सराजका: । नादृश्यन्त शरै: कीर्णा: शलभैरिव पादपा:,फिर तो पार्थके बाणोंसे आच्छादित हो समस्त सैन्धव योद्धा टिडिियोंसे ढँके हुए वृक्षोंकी भाँति अपने राजासहित अदृश्य हो गये

Transliteration

tataste saindhavā yodhāḥ sarva eva sarājakāḥ | nādṛśyanta śaraiḥ kīrṇāḥ śalabhair iva pādapāḥ ||

Translation

ਫਿਰ ਉਹ ਸਾਰੇ ਸੈੰਧਵ ਯੋਧੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਰਾਜੇ ਸਮੇਤ ਪਾਰਥ ਦੇ ਬਾਣਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਇੰਨੇ ਢੱਕ ਗਏ ਕਿ ਟਿੱਡੀਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਢੱਕੇ ਦਰੱਖਤਾਂ ਵਾਂਗ ਨਜ਼ਰੋਂ ਤੋਂ ਓਝਲ ਹੋ ਗਏ।

Word by Word

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

• ते: those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सैन्धवाः: Sindhu-country (Saindhava)
• सैन्धवाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सैन्धव
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• योधाः: warriors
• योधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• स-राजकाः: together with their king
• स-राजकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सराजक
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अदृश्यन्त: were seen / appeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: lan, imperfect (past), Atmanepada, 3rd, plural

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• कीर्णाः: covered, strewn (over)
• कीर्णाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीर्ण
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• शलभैः: with locusts
• शलभैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शलभ
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• पादपाः: trees
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादप
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Saindhava warriors
• Saindhava king (unnamed here)