Shloka 74

अध्याय ८० — मध्यंदिन-रणवृत्तान्तः

Yudhiṣṭhira–Śrutāyu encounter; Cekitāna–Gautama clash; Abhimanyu pressure; Arjuna’s redeployment

Devanagari script

वध्यमानं तु तत्‌ सैन्यं द्रोणेन निशितैः: शरै: । व्यभ्रमत्‌ तत्र तत्रैव क्षोभ्यमाण इवार्णव:

Transliteration

vadhyamānaṃ tu tat sainyaṃ droṇena niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | vyabhramat tatra tatraiva kṣobhyamāṇa ivārṇavaḥ ||

Translation

वध्यमानं तु तत्सैन्यं द्रोणेन निशितैः शरैः । व्यभ्रमत् तत्र तत्रैव क्षोभ्यमाण इवार्णवः ॥

Word by Word

• वध्यमानम्: being slain / being struck down
• वध्यमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्यमान (√वध्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तत्: that
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• द्रोणेन: by Droṇa
• द्रोणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• व्यभ्रमत्: reeled about / wandered in confusion
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + √भ्रम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• तत्र: there (here and there)
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

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

• क्षोभ्यमाणः: being agitated / churned
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षोभ्यमाण (√क्षुभ्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like / as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अर्णवः: ocean
• अर्णवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्णव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa
• sainya (army)
• śara (arrows)
• arṇava (ocean, as simile)