Shloka 61

Chapter 51: Saṃdhyākāla-saṃhāra

Evening Withdrawal after Arjuna’s Counter-Advance

Devanagari script

ततोअ<न्‍्यान्‌ षट्‌ समादाय श्वेतो हेमविभूषितान्‌ । तेषां षण्णां महाबाहुर्ध्वजशीर्षाण्यपातयत्‌,तब महाबाह श्वेतने दूसरे स्वर्णभूषित छः: बाण लेकर उन छहों रथियोंके ध्वजके अग्रभाग काट गिराये

Transliteration

tato 'nyān ṣaṭ samādāya śveto hemavibhūṣitān | teṣāṃ ṣaṇṇāṃ mahābāhur dhvajaśīrṣāṇy apātayat |

Translation

ครั้งนั้น ศเวตผู้มีพาหุอันเกรียงไกรหยิบศรอีกหกดอกซึ่งประดับด้วยทอง แล้วตัดให้ยอดธงบนเสาธงของนักรบรถศึกทั้งหกขาดร่วงลง

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अन्यान्: other
• अन्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• षट्: six
• षट्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समादाय: having taken up
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• श्वेतः: Śveta (proper name)
• श्वेतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हेमविभूषितान्: adorned with gold
• हेमविभूषितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम-विभूषित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• बाणान्: arrows
• बाणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• षण्णाम्: of the six
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed (hero)
• महाबाहुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ध्वजशीर्षाणि: banner-tops, flag-heads
• ध्वजशीर्षाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज-शीर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अपातयत्: caused to fall, struck down
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√पत्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Śveta
• six chariot-warriors (unnamed)
• gold-adorned arrows
• chariot banners/standards (dhvaja)