Shloka 273

शल्यस्य पाण्डवसेनापीडनम् — Śalya’s Assault on the Pāṇḍava Host

with Omens and Bhīma’s Counter

Devanagari script

जघान निशितैर्बाणै: सत्यसेनस्यथ वाजिन: । तब नकुलने हँसकर रणभूमिमें चार पैने बाणोंद्वारा सत्यसेनके चारों घोड़ोंको मार डाला

Transliteration

jaghāna niśitair bāṇaiḥ satyasenasya atha vājinaḥ | tataḥ nakulena haṃsakar raṇabhūmau caturbhiḥ paiṇaiḥ bāṇaiḥ satyasenasya catvāro 'śvāḥ hatāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya disse: Com flechas afiadas, ele abateu os cavalos de Satyasena. Então Nakula, sorrindo com confiança em meio ao estrépito das armas, derrubou no campo de batalha os quatro corcéis de Satyasena com quatro dardos agudos—um golpe que neutraliza a mobilidade e o poder do carro inimigo sem visar de imediato a vida do guerreiro, conforme a tática e a ética da guerra de carros.

Word by Word

• जघान: slew/killed
• जघान: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (√हन्)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• बाणैः: arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• सत्यसेनस्य: of Satyasena
• सत्यसेनस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यसेन
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• अथ: then/and now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• वाजिनः: horses
• वाजिनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजिन्
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Nakula
• Satyasena
• horses/steeds
• arrows
• battlefield (raṇabhūmi)