Shloka 10

Pāṇḍya-vadha-anantaram Arjunasya Pravṛttiḥ

Arjuna’s Response and the Renewed Battle

Devanagari script

सुकल्पिता: स्यन्दनवाजिनागा: समास्थिता: कृतयत्नैर्नवीरै: । पार्थेरितैर्बाणशतैर्निरस्ता- स्तैरेव सार्थ नृवरैनिपितु:,सुन्दर सजे-सजाये रथ, घोड़े और हाथी खड़े थे और उनपर प्रयत्नपूर्वक युद्ध करनेवाले नरवीर बैठे थे; परंतु अर्जुनके चलाये हुए सैकड़ों बाणोंसे घायल हो वे सारे वाहन उन नरवीरोंके साथ ही धराशायी हो गये

Transliteration

sukalpitāḥ syandanavājināgāḥ samāsthitāḥ kṛtayatnair navīraiḥ | pārtheritair bāṇaśatair nirastās tair eva sārtha nṛvarair nipetuḥ ||

Translation

सुकल्पिताः स्यन्दनवाजिनागाः समास्थिताः कृतयत्नैर्नवीरैः। पार्थेरितैर्बाणशतैर्निरास्तास्तैरेव सार्धं नृवरैर्निपेतुः॥

Word by Word

सुकल्पिताःwell-arranged, well-equipped

स्यन्दन-वाजि-नागाःchariots, horses, and elephants

समास्थिताःwere stationed/posted

कृत-यत्नैःby those who had made effort (strenuous)

नवीरैःby heroic men/warriors

पार्थ-ईरितैःshot/impelled by Partha (Arjuna)

बाण-शतैःby hundreds of arrows

निरस्ताःwere cast down/overthrown

तैःby them/with those (same)

एवindeed, just, only

सार्थम्together with

नृ-वरैःwith the best of men (warriors)

निपेतुःfell down, collapsed

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Pārtha (Arjuna)

chariots (syandana)

horses (vājin)

elephants (nāga)

arrows (bāṇa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes