Shloka 41

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 25 — Bhīma’s Disruption of Elephant Formations and Bhagadatta’s Shock Advance

Devanagari script

स दुर्मुखं भ्रुवोर्मध्ये नाराचेना भ्यताडयत्‌ । तस्य तद्‌ विबभौ वकक्‍त्रं सनालमिव पड़कजम्‌

Transliteration

sa durmukhaṁ bhruvormadhye nārācena abhyatāḍayat | tasya tad vibabhau vaktraṁ sanālam iva paṅkajam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: He struck Durmukha with a nārāca arrow right between the eyebrows. At that blow, Durmukha’s face shone forth—like a lotus with its stalk—an image that heightens the grim irony of beauty appearing in the very moment of violent wounding on the battlefield.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुर्मुखम्: Durmukha (proper name)
• दुर्मुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्मुख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भ्रुवोः: of (his) two eyebrows
• भ्रुवोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रू
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Dual

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नाराचेन: with an iron arrow
• नाराचेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभ्यताडयत्: struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: ताड्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विबभौ: shone, appeared splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा
• Form: Perfect (Lit), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वक्त्रम्: face
• वक्त्रम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सनालम्: with stalk
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनाल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• पङ्कजम्: lotus
• Type: Noun
• Root: पङ्कज
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Durmukha
• nārāca (arrow)
• bhru-madhya (space between the eyebrows)
• paṅkaja (lotus)