Shloka 3536

Chapter 12: Arjuna’s suppression of the Saṃśaptakas and duel with Aśvatthāmā

Drauṇi

Devanagari script

निपपात महेष्वासो वज्जाहत इवाचल: । राजन! इस प्रकार महायुद्धमें दो टुकड़ोंमें कटा हुआ कवचसहित महाथनुर्धर केकयराज वच्जके मारे हुए पर्वतके समान गिर पड़ा

Transliteration

nipapāta maheṣvāso vajrāhata ivācalaḥ | rājan! iti prakāraṃ mahāyuddhe dvi-ṭukḍeṣu chinnaḥ kavaca-sahitaḥ mahā-dhanurdharaḥ kekaya-rājaḥ vajrake māritaḥ parvata iva nipapāta |

Translation

Sañjaya disse: “Ó rei, assim, naquela grande batalha, o poderoso arqueiro —o rei de Kekaya— tombou, ainda revestido de armadura, cortado em duas partes, como uma montanha abatida por um raio.”

Word by Word

• निपपात: fell down
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (नि + पत्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• महेष्वासः: the great archer
• महेष्वासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास (महान् + इष्वास)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• वज्राहतः: struck by a thunderbolt
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वज्राहत (वज्र + आहत)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अचलः: a mountain
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचल
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')
• Kekaya king
• armor (kavaca)
• thunderbolt (vajra)
• mountain (acala/parvata)
• great battle (mahāyuddha)