Shloka 20

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५७

Arjuna’s targeted advance; Śalya–Karṇa dialogue; interception attempts

Devanagari script

परिघैरायसैघोरैरय:कुन्तै: परश्वथै: । शरीरैर्बहुभिश्छिन्ने: शोणितौघपरिप्लुतै:

Transliteration

parighair āyasai ghorair ayaḥ-kuntaiḥ paraśvathaiḥ | śarīrair bahubhiś chinnaiḥ śoṇitaugha-pariplutaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: The battlefield was strewn with dreadful iron clubs, iron-tipped spears, and axes; and with many severed bodies, all flooded and soaked in torrents of blood—an image of war’s brutal cost and the collapse of bodily life amid the clash of arms.

Word by Word

• परिघैः: with iron clubs/bars
• परिघैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिघ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आयसैः: iron (made of iron)
• आयसैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयस
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• घोरैः: terrible
• घोरैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अयःकुन्तैः: with iron spears
• अयःकुन्तैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयःकुन्त
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• परश्वथैः: with axes/hatchets
• परश्वथैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परश्वथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• शरीरैः: with bodies
• शरीरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बहुभिः: by many
• बहुभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• छिन्नैः: cut, severed
• छिन्नैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्न
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शोणितौघपरिप्लुतैः: flooded/immersed in streams of blood
• शोणितौघपरिप्लुतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोणितौघपरिप्लुत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• iron clubs (parigha)
• iron spears (ayaḥ-kunti)
• axes (paraśvatha)
• severed bodies
• torrents of blood (śoṇitaugha)