Shloka 32

Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 77 — Saindhava resistance, Arjuna’s restraint, and Duḥśalā’s supplication

Devanagari script

मेघजालनिभ सैन्यं विदार्य शरवृष्टिभि: । विबभौ कौरवश्रेष्ठ; शरदीव दिवाकर:

Transliteration

meghajālanibhaṃ sainyaṃ vidārya śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ | vibhau kauravaśreṣṭhaḥ śaradīva divākaraḥ ||

Translation

毗舍摩波罗耶那说道：如同秋日之阳撕裂云团而愈加辉耀，阿周那——俱卢之最——以箭雨洞穿敌军，显出更盛的光华。

Word by Word

• मेघजालनिभम्: like a mass/net of clouds
• मेघजालनिभम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेघजाल-निभ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विदार्य: having torn/cleft
• Type: Verb
• Root: विदृ
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā/lyap), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here), having torn asunder

• शरवृष्टिभिः: with showers of arrows
• शरवृष्टिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर-वृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• विबभौ: shone forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कौरवश्रेष्ठः: the best of the Kurus
• कौरवश्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरदि: in autumn
• शरदि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

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

• दिवाकरः: the sun
• दिवाकरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Arjuna
• enemy army (śatru-sainya)
• arrows (śara)
• sun (divākara)
• cloud-mass (meghajāla)
• autumn season (śarad)