Shloka 16

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

बाणभूते ततस्तस्मिन्‌ संछन्ने च नभस्तले

Transliteration

bāṇabhūte tatastasmīn saṃchannē ca nabhastale

Translation

Sañjaya disse: Então, quando aquela região do céu pareceu feita de flechas e a vastidão dos céus ficou encoberta, a violência da batalha se intensificou — tão densa era a tempestade de projéteis que parecia velar o próprio firmamento.

Word by Word

• बाणभूते: when (it) had become a mass of arrows / turned into arrows
• बाणभूते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाणभूत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• तस्मिन्: in that; at that (time/place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संछन्ने: when (it was) covered; concealed
• संछन्ने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संछन्न
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• नभः-तले: in the surface/expanse of the sky
• नभः-तले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस्तल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• sky (nabhas)