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Chapter 8.17 - Verse 83

Sanskrit Text

एकच्छायमभूत्सर्वं तस्य बाणैर्महात्मनः अभ्रच्छायेव संजज्ञे संपतद्भिः शरोत्तमैः

English Translation

There (upon the field of battle) all appeared to be one continuous shade by the shafts of that lofty-minded one (Karna) even as there formed a shade of clouds by the foremost of falling arrows.

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

एकच्छायम् | अभूत् | सर्वं | तस्य | बाणैर् | महात्मनः
अभ्र + छाया + इव | संजज्ञे | संपतद्भिः | शर + उत्तम