Shloka 11

Arjuna’s Concentrated Archery and the Rout of the Kaurava Mahārathas

Gāṇḍīva-Nirghoṣa Episode

Devanagari script

दिवमावृत्य शब्दस्तु निवृत्त: शुश्रुवे पुन: । सृष्टो मघवता वज्र: प्रपतन्निव पर्वते,वह शंखनाद स्वर्गलोकसे टकराकर जब पुनः लौटा, तब इस प्रकार सुनायी दिया, मानो इन्द्रका चलाया हुआ वज्र किसी पर्वतपर गिरा हो

Transliteration

divam āvṛtya śabdas tu nivṛttaḥ śuśruve punaḥ | sṛṣṭo maghavatā vajraḥ prapatann iva parvate ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：那声音充塞苍穹，复又回荡成回声，再次传入耳中——宛如天帝因陀罗所掷金刚杵，轰然坠击山岳。叙述凸显此刻的震撼威势：一声战号便如神兵般震动世间，同时激起勇气与战栗。

Word by Word

• दिवम्: heaven, sky
• दिवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आवृत्य: having covered, after enveloping
• आवृत्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-वृ (वृञ्)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• शब्दः: sound, noise
• शब्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• निवृत्तः: returned, turned back
• निवृत्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वृत्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुश्रुवे: was heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: लिट् (perfect), Ātmanepada, Third, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• सृष्टः: released, hurled
• सृष्टः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मघवता: by Maghavat (Indra)
• मघवता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मघवत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• वज्रः: thunderbolt
• वज्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रपतन्: falling down
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-पत्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पर्वते: on a mountain
• पर्वते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Indra (Maghavat)
• Vajra (thunderbolt)
• Sky (Diva)
• Mountain (Parvata)