Shloka 8

Chapter 47: Krauñca-vyūha Deployment and Conch-Signals

Kaurava–Pāṇḍava Readiness

Devanagari script

ततो भेर्यक्ष पेश्यक्ष॒ क्रराचा गोविषाणिका: । सहसैवाभ्यहन्यन्त तत: शब्दो महानभूत्‌,तदनन्तर भेरी, पेशी, क्रकच और नरसिंहे आदि बाजे सहसा बज उठे। इससे वहाँ महान्‌ शब्द गूँजने लगा

Transliteration

tato bheryaś ca peśyaś ca krakacā govīṣāṇikāḥ | sahasaivābhyahanyanta tataḥ śabdo mahān abhūt ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: Затем барабаны и литавры, резкозвучащие инструменты и трубы из коровьих рогов внезапно ударили разом. От этого поднялся великий гул — слышимый знак готовности войск и необратимого разгона к битве.

Word by Word

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

• भेर्यः: kettle-drums
• भेर्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेरी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• पेश्यः: drums (peshī-type instruments)
• पेश्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पेशी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• क्रकचाः: saw-like instruments / rattling instruments (krakaca)
• क्रकचाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रकच
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गोविषाणिकाः: cow-horns (horn-trumpets)
• गोविषाणिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-विषाणिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• सहसा: suddenly, all at once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अभ्यहन्यन्त: were struck / were sounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-हन्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Plural, Atmanepada (passive sense)

• ततः: then, thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• शब्दः: sound, noise
• शब्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महान्: great, loud
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभूत्: arose, became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• bherī (drum)
• peśī (kettledrum)
• krakaca (harsh-sounding instrument)
• govīṣāṇikā (cow-horn trumpet)