Shloka 18

महाव्यूहप्रवर्तनम् / Deployment of the Great Battle Arrays

Devanagari script

धनूंषि विस्फारयतां नृपाणां बभूव शब्दस्तुमुलोडतिघोर: । विमथ्यतो देवमहासुरौधै- ्यथार्णवस्यादियुगे तदानीम्‌

Transliteration

dhanūṁṣi visphārayatāṁ nṛpāṇāṁ babhūva śabdas tumulo ’tighoraḥ | vimathyato devamahāsuraughair yathārṇavasya ’diyuge tadānīm ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: Когда цари натянули луки и заставили звенеть тетивы, поднялся гул — смятенный и до крайности страшный, подобный взбалтыванию первозданного океана в начале веков, когда его вздымали несметные сонмы богов и великих асуров.

Word by Word

• धनूंषि: bows
• धनूंषि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• विस्फारयताम्: of (two) stretching/twanging
• विस्फारयताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विस्फारय् (विस्फारयति)
• Form: Present, Third, Dual, Parasmaipada, Indicative

• नृपाणाम्: of kings
• नृपाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• बभूव: arose/was
• बभूव: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Indicative

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

• तुमुलः: tumultuous
• तुमुलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुमुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अतिघोरः: exceedingly terrible
• अतिघोरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिघोर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विमथ्यतः: of (two) churning
• विमथ्यतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-मथ्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual

• देव: gods
• देव: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, member of compound देवमहासुरौधैः

• महासुर: great asuras/demons
• महासुर: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महासुर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, member of compound देवमहासुरौधैः

• ओधैः: by hosts/masses
• ओधैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अर्णवस्य: of the ocean
• अर्णवस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्णव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आदि-युगे: in the primeval age
• आदि-युगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदियुग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तदानीम्: then/at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदानीम्

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• kings (nṛpāḥ)
• bows (dhanūṁṣi)
• gods (devāḥ)
• asuras (asurāḥ)
• ocean (arṇava)