Shloka 363

Sātyaki-praveśaḥ and Duryodhana-saṃnipātaḥ

Sātyaki’s passage and Duryodhana’s mass engagement

Devanagari script

पत्रिभि: सुदृढैराशु धनुश्चैव महाद्युते: । इसी बीचमें सात्यकिने महातेजस्वी द्रोणाचार्यके धनुष और बाणोंको पंखयुक्त सुदृढ़ बाणोंद्वारा युद्धस्थलमें शीघ्र ही काट डाला

Transliteration

patribhiḥ sudṛḍhair āśu dhanuś caiva mahādyuteḥ |

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—पत्रिभिः सुदृढैराशु सात्यकिः समरे तदा । महाद्युतेर्द्रोणस्य धनुर्बाणांश्च चिच्छिदे ॥

Word by Word

• पत्रिभिः: with feathered (arrows)
• पत्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सुदृढैः: with very strong (ones)
• सुदृढैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदृढ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• महाद्युतेः: of the greatly radiant one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाद्युति
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sātyaki
• Droṇācārya (Droṇa)
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• arrows (bāṇa)
• battlefield