Shloka 45

Chapter 23: Śakuni Reports, Kaurava Advance, and Arjuna’s Penetration of the Host

Devanagari script

शूरबाहुविसृष्टानां शक्तीनां भरतर्षभ । ज्योतिषामिव सम्पातमपश्यन्‌ कुरुपाण्डवा:

Transliteration

śūrabāhuvisṛṣṭānāṁ śaktīnāṁ bharatarṣabha | jyotiṣām iva sampātam apaśyan kurupāṇḍavāḥ ||

Translation

சஞ்சயன் கூறினான்—பரதகுலச் சிறந்தவனே! குரு-பாண்டவ வீரர்கள், வலிய கரங்களால் எறியப்பட்ட சக்திகள் பாய்ந்து வருவதை, வானில் ஒளிகள் ஒன்றாகச் சாய்ந்து விழுவது போலக் கண்டனர்.

Word by Word

• शूरबाहु: of the strong-armed (warriors)
• शूरबाहु: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूरबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• विसृष्टानाम्: of those that were hurled/released
• विसृष्टानाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√सृज्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• शक्तीनाम्: of spears/javelins
• शक्तीनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरतर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ज्योतिषाम्: of lights (stars/meteors)
• ज्योतिषाम्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• सम्पातम्: a rushing together; a fall/flight (downward rush)
• सम्पातम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्पात
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपश्यन्: they saw
• अपश्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश्
• Form: Imperfect, 3, Plural

• कुरुपाण्डवाः: the Kurus and the Pandavas
• कुरुपाण्डवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुपाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by the address bharatarṣabha)
• Kurus
• Pāṇḍavas
• śakti (spears/javelins)