Shloka 18

Adhyāya 41 — Kṛṣṇa’s Battlefield Briefing and the Renewal of the Great Engagement

Devanagari script

सहस्ररश्मिप्रतिमं ज्वलन्तं दिशश्च सर्वा: प्रतपन्तमुग्रम्‌

Transliteration

sahasraraśmipratimaṃ jvalantaṃ diśaś ca sarvāḥ pratapantam ugram

Translation

Wika ni Sañjaya: “Nagniningas na tila araw na may sanlibong sinag—mabangis at nakapapaso—wari’y sinusunog nito ang lahat ng dako.”

Word by Word

• सहस्ररश्मिप्रतिमम्: like (having the likeness of) a thousand-rayed (sun)
• सहस्ररश्मिप्रतिमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र-रश्मि-प्रतिम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ज्वलन्तम्: blazing, shining
• ज्वलन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्वल्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, Present active participle (शतृ)

• दिशः: the directions (quarters)
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रतपन्तम्: scorching, heating, tormenting
• प्रतपन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-तप्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, Present active participle (शतृ)

• उग्रम्: fierce, terrible
• उग्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच