Shloka 40

धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — दुर्योधनस्य ह्रदप्रवेशः

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Dialogue: Duryodhana’s Entry into the Lake

Devanagari script

ततः शक्ति महाघोरां कालरात्रिमिवोद्यताम्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ śaktiṃ mahāghorāṃ kālarātrim ivodyatām

Translation

Sañjaya disse: Então ele ergueu uma lança terrivelmente pavorosa, como se a própria Kālarātri fosse levantada—imagem da perdição iminente, que ressalta como a violência da guerra transforma as armas em encarnações da morte e do perigo moral.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/then')

• शक्तिम्: a spear/javelin (śakti-weapon)
• शक्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• महाघोराम्: very terrible
• महाघोराम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाघोर
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कालरात्रिम्: Kālarātri (the night of doom; personified dreadful night)
• कालरात्रिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालरात्रि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like; as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव
• Form: Avyaya (particle of comparison)

• उद्यताम्: raised; uplifted; brandished
• उद्यताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्यत
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular (past passive participle used adjectivally: 'raised/held up')

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• śakti (spear/javelin)
• Kālarātri