Shloka 29

भीष्मरक्षण-उद्योगः, शिखण्डि-विवर्जनं, सर्वतोभद्र-व्यूहः

Protection of Bhīṣma, Exemption of Śikhaṇḍin, and the Sarvatobhadra Array

Devanagari script

धनुषां कूजतां शब्द: सर्वतस्तुमुलो रणे । अश्रवूयत महाराज वंशानां दहतामिव,महाराज! रणभूमिमें सब ओर बाँसोंके दग्ध होनेके समान धनुषोंकी टंकारका भयंकर शब्द सुनायी देने लगा

Transliteration

dhanūṣāṃ kūjatāṃ śabdaḥ sarvatas tumulo raṇe | aśravūyata mahārāja vaṃśānāṃ dahatām iva ||

Translation

ਸੰਜਯ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਮਹਾਰਾਜ! ਰਣਭੂਮੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਹਰ ਪਾਸੇ ਧਨੁਸ਼ਾਂ ਦੀ ਟੰਕਾਰ ਦਾ ਭਿਆਨਕ, ਤੂਮੁਲ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਗੂੰਜਣ ਲੱਗਾ—ਜਿਵੇਂ ਸੜਦੇ ਬਾਂਸ ਚਟਚਟ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋਣ।

Word by Word

• धनुषाम्: of bows
• धनुषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• कूजताम्: of (those) sounding/twangling
• कूजताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: कूज्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• शब्दः: sound, noise
• शब्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वतः: on all sides, everywhere
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• तुमुलः: tumultuous, dreadful
• तुमुलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुमुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अश्रवूयत: was heard
• अश्रवूयत: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Passive (Karmani)

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

• वंशानाम्: of bamboos
• वंशानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• दहताम्: of (those) burning
• दहताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as mahārāja)
• bows (dhanus)
• battlefield (raṇa)