Shloka 46

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 29 — Arjuna’s defeat of Vṛṣaka–Acalā and the neutralization of Śakuni’s māyā

Devanagari script

देववाक्यात्‌ प्रचिच्छेद शरेण भृशमर्जुन: । छिन्नमात्रें3शुके तस्मिन्‌ रुद्धनेत्रो बभूव सः:

Transliteration

devavākyāt praciccheda śareṇa bhṛśam arjunaḥ | chinnamātreṃśuke tasmin ruddhanetro babhūva saḥ ||

Translation

దైవవాక్యంలాంటి ఆ ప్రకటన వినగానే అర్జునుడు అత్యంత వేగంగా బాణంతో దానిని చీల్చివేశాడు. ఆ ధ్వజం తెగిన క్షణమే శత్రువు చూపు ఆపబడినవాడిలా అయ్యాడు.

Word by Word

• देववाक्यात्: from the divine utterance/command
• देववाक्यात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देववाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• प्रचिच्छेद: cut off / severed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-छिद्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शरेण: with an arrow
• शरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भृशम्: violently / exceedingly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• छिन्नमात्रे: when it was just cut / at the mere cutting
• छिन्नमात्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्नमात्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अंशुके: in the cloth/garment
• अंशुके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंशुक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रुद्धनेत्रः: with eyes obstructed/covered
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद्धनेत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बभूव: became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• arrow (śara)
• banner/flag cloth (aṃśuka)