Shloka 5

Gadāyuddhe Kṛṣṇopadeśaḥ (Kṛṣṇa’s Counsel in the Mace-Duel) — Śalya-parva 57

Devanagari script

तथा तस्मिन्‌ महायुद्धे वर्तमाने सुदारुणे । खटद्योतसंघैरिव खं दर्शनीयं व्यरोचत

Transliteration

tathā tasmin mahāyuddhe vartamāne sudāruṇe | khaṭadyotasaṅghair iva khaṃ darśanīyaṃ vyarocata ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：当那场可怖而惨烈的大决战正酣之时，苍穹却闪耀出一种奇异而夺目的美，仿佛布满了成群的萤火。

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, singular

• महायुद्धे: in the great battle
• महायुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महायुद्ध
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• वर्तमाने: going on, taking place
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), neuter, locative, singular

• सुदारुणे: very dreadful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदारुण
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• खटद्योतसंघैः: by swarms of fireflies
• खटद्योतसंघैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: खटद्योतसंघ
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• खम्: the sky
• खम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• दर्शनीयम्: beautiful to behold, worth seeing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दर्शनीय
• Form: अनीयर् (gerundive), neuter, accusative, singular

• व्यरोचत: shone forth, appeared splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच्
• Form: imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• mahāyuddha (the great battle)
• kham (sky)
• khaṭadyota (fireflies)