Shloka 22

Śalya’s Objection to Sārathya and Duryodhana’s Conciliation (शल्यमन्यु-प्रशमनम् / Sārathyāṅgīkāra)

Devanagari script

तैर्विमुक्तै: शरशतैश्छादितं गगनं तदा । शलभानां यथा व्रातैस्तद्वदासीद्‌ विशाम्पते,प्रजानाथ! उस समय धनुषसे छूटे हुए सौ-सौ बाणोंद्वारा आच्छादित हुआ आकाश पतंगोंके समूहसे भरा हुआ-सा प्रतीत होता था

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

tair vimuktaiḥ śaraśatais chāditaṃ gaganaṃ tadā |

śalabhānāṃ yathā vrātais tadvad āsīd viśāṃpate prajānātha ||

Translation

ਉਸ ਵੇਲੇ ਧਨੁਸ਼ਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਛੁੱਟੇ ਸੈਂਕੜੇ ਤੀਰਾਂ ਨੇ ਆਕਾਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਢੱਕ ਲਿਆ; ਹੇ ਪ੍ਰਜਾ-ਨਾਥ, ਉਹ ਟਿੱਡੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਝੁੰਡ ਨਾਲ ਭਰਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਜਿਹਾ ਦਿੱਸਦਾ ਸੀ।

Word by Word

• तैः: by those
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• विमुक्तैः: released, discharged
• विमुक्तैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमुक्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरशतैः: by hundreds of arrows
• शरशतैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर-शत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• छादितम्: covered
• छादितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छादित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गगनम्: the sky
• गगनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गगन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• शलभानाम्: of locusts/moths
• Type: Noun
• Root: शलभ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• यथा: as, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• व्रातैः: by swarms/groups
• व्रातैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रात
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तद्वत्: so, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद्वत्

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• विशाम्: of the people/subjects
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• पते: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• arrows (śara)
• bows (implied)
• sky (gagana)
• locust swarms (śalabha-vrāta)