Shloka 21

अम्बा-शाल्वसंवादः | Amba’s Appeal to Śālva and His Refusal

Devanagari script

फिर एक-एक बाण मारकर मैंने समरभूमिमें उनके घोड़ों, हाथियों और सारथियोंको भी धराशायी कर दिया

Transliteration

punar ekaikena bāṇena mayā samara-bhūmau teṣāṃ aśvān gajān sārathīṃś ca api dharāśāyinaḥ kṛtāḥ

Translation

แล้วในสนามรบ ข้ายิงศรทีละดอก ๆ จนแม้แต่ม้าศึก ช้างศึก และสารถีของพวกเขาก็ล้มลงกับพื้น

Word by Word

• पुनः: again/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• एकैकम्: one by one (each single)
• एकैकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकैक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बाणम्: arrow
• बाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रहृत्य: having struck/shot
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हृ
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• समरभूमौ: on the battlefield
• समरभूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समरभूमि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• तेषाम्: of them/their
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• अश्वान्: horses
• अश्वान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गजान्: elephants
• गजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सारथीन्: charioteers
• सारथीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• धराशायिनः: fallen to the ground
• धराशायिनः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धराशायिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अकरवम्: I made/did
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 1st, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• samara-bhūmi (battlefield)
• bāṇa (arrows)
• aśvāḥ (horses)
• gajāḥ (elephants)
• sārathayaḥ (charioteers)