Shloka 29

Adhyāya 18 — Sequential Duels and Formation Pressure

Ulūka–Yuyutsu; Śakuni–Sutasoma; Kṛpa–Dhṛṣṭadyumna; Kṛtavarmā–Śikhaṇḍin

Devanagari script

पश्य भारत चापानि रुक्मपृष्ठानि धन्विनाम्‌ | महतां चापविद्धानि कलापानिषुधीस्तथा,“भरतनन्दन! देखो, बड़े-बड़े धनुर्धरोंके ये सुवर्णजटित पृष्ठभागवाले धनुष, आभूषण और तरकस पड़े हुए हैं

Transliteration

paśya bhārata cāpāni rukmapṛṣṭhāni dhanvinām | mahatāṃ cāpaviddhāni kalāpāniṣu dhīstathā ||

Translation

三阇耶说：“看哪，婆罗多啊——弓手们背面镶金的长弓散落于此；还有箭囊与箭匣，也都被强大的勇士抛弃在地。”

Word by Word

• पश्य: see / behold
• पश्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (दृश्-अर्थे)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• भारत: O Bharata
• भारत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• चापानि: bows
• चापानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाप
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• रुक्मपृष्ठानि: gold-backed / having golden backs
• रुक्मपृष्ठानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुक्मपृष्ठ
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• धन्विनाम्: of the archers
• धन्विनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन्विन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• महताम्: of the great (warriors)
• महताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• चापविद्धानि: pierced/struck by bows (i.e., by arrows from bows)
• चापविद्धानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चापविद्ध
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural, past passive participle (क्त), from √व्यध्/√विध् 'to pierce', meaning 'pierced/struck by bow (string/shot)'

• कलापान्: quivers / bundles (of arrows)
• कलापान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलाप
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• इषुधीः: arrow-cases / quivers
• इषुधीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषुधि
• Form: feminine, accusative, plural

• तथा: also / likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• bows (cāpa)
• archers (dhanvin)
• quivers/arrow-cases (kalāpa, iṣudhī)