Shloka 45

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 95 — Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and the Routing of Allied Contingents

Devanagari script

अभ्यवर्षन्त ते सर्वे पाण्डवं निशितै: शरै: । अवाकिरंश्न ते म्लेच्छा नानायुद्धविशारदा:,नाना प्रकारके युद्धोंमें कुशल वे सभी म्लेच्छगण पाण्डुपुत्र अर्जुनपर तीखे बाणोंकी वर्षा करके उन्हें आच्छादित करने लगे

Transliteration

abhyavarṣanta te sarve pāṇḍavaṃ niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | avākiraṃś ca te mlecchā nānāyuddhaviśāradāḥ ||

Translation

अभ्यवर्षन्त ते सर्वे पाण्डवं निशितैः शरैः । अवाकिरंश्च ते म्लेच्छा नानायुद्धविशारदाः ॥

Word by Word

• अभ्यवर्षन्त: they rained upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√वृष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पाण्डवम्: the Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

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

• अवाकिरन्: they showered/covered (by scattering)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√कॄ
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

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

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• म्लेच्छाः: the Mlecchas (foreign warriors)
• म्लेच्छाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: म्लेच्छ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नाना-युद्ध-विशारदाः: skilled in various kinds of warfare
• नाना-युद्ध-विशारदाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना + युद्ध + विशारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)
• mleccha warriors
• arrows (śara)