Shloka 43

शल्यवधे कौरवसेनाभङ्गः, भीमस्य गदायुद्धं, दुर्योधनस्य समाह्वानम्

Rout after Śalya’s fall; Bhīma’s mace engagement; Duryodhana’s rally

Devanagari script

धनु:शब्दं महत्‌ कृत्वा सहायुध्यन्त पाण्डवै: । महाराज! उन शूरवीरोंने युद्ध करनेका दृढ़ निश्चय कर लिया था, अतः धनुषकी गम्भीर टंकार करके पाण्डवोंके साथ संग्राम आरम्भ कर दिया

Transliteration

dhanuḥśabdaṃ mahat kṛtvā sahāyudhyanta pāṇḍavaiḥ | mahārāja! te śūravīrā yuddhaṃ kartuṃ dṛḍhaniścayāḥ, tasmād dhanuṣāṃ gambhīrāṃ ṭaṅkāraṃ kṛtvā pāṇḍavaiḥ saha saṅgrāmam ārabdhavantaḥ |

Translation

धनुःशब्दं महत् कृत्वा सहायुध्यन्त पाण्डवैः ।

Word by Word

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

• शब्दम्: sound, twang
• शब्दम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great, loud
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त्वा, Active, Absolutive (gerund)

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• आयुध्यन्त: they fought
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Ātmanepada, Third, Plural

• पाण्डवैः: with the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Mahārāja)
• Pāṇḍavas
• bows (dhanuḥ)