Shloka 16

अध्याय ६० — कर्णस्य पाञ्चाल-सोमक-निग्रहः

Karna’s Suppression of the Panchala–Somaka Forces

Devanagari script

शिखण्डी तु ततः कर्ण विचरन्तमभीतवत्‌ । भीष्महन्ता महाराज वारयामास पत्रिभि:,महाराज! तदनन्तर भीष्महन्ता शिखण्डीने निर्भय-से विचरते हुए कर्णको अपने बाणोंके प्रहारसे रोका

Transliteration

śikhaṇḍī tu tataḥ karṇa vicarantam abhītavat | bhīṣmahantā mahārāja vārayāmāsa patribhiḥ ||

Translation

তাৰ পাছত, হে মহাৰাজ, ভীষ্মহন্তা শিখণ্ডীয়ে নিৰ্ভয়ে বিচৰণ কৰা কৰ্ণক বাণবৃষ্টিৰে ৰোধ কৰিলে।

Word by Word

• शिखण्डी: Shikhaṇḍī
• शिखण्डी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• ततः: then/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• कर्णम्: Karna (as object)
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विचरन्तम्: moving about/roaming
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभीतवत्: fearlessly
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभीतवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भीष्महन्ता: slayer of Bhīṣma
• भीष्महन्ता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्महन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वारयामास: checked/stopped
• Type: Verb
• Root: वा-रि (वारयति) / वृ (causative stem वारय-)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पत्रिभिः: with arrows
• पत्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Karna
• Shikhandi
• Bhishma
• Dhritarashtra
• arrows