Shloka 18

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

Gāṇḍīva-Nirghoṣa Episode

Devanagari script

तानप्राप्तान्‌ शितैर्बाणैर्नासचान्‌ रक्तभोजनान्‌ | कृपश्रिच्छेद पार्थस्य शतशो5थ सहस्रश:

Transliteration

tān aprāptān śitair bāṇair nāśayān raktabhojanān | kṛpaś ciccheda pārthasya śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

পাৰ্থে নিক্ষেপ কৰা ৰক্তভোজী নাৰাচ বাণবোৰ ওচৰ চাপি আহোঁতে, কৃপাই তীক্ষ্ণ বাণে সিহঁতক কাটি পেলালে—শতশঃ, তাৰপিছত সহস্ৰশঃ।

Word by Word

• तान्: those (men)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अप्राप्तान्: not reached / unhit
• अप्राप्तान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्राप्त (प्र + आप्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शितैः: with sharp
• शितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बाणैः: arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• नासकान्: nose(-bearing) ones / men (lit. with noses)
• नासकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नासक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रक्तभोजनान्: blood-eaters
• रक्तभोजनान्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रक्तभोजन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• कृपः: Kripa
• कृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिरश्छेदम्: beheading / cutting off the head
• शिरश्छेदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरश्छेद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पार्थस्य: of Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शतशः: by hundreds
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस्
• Form: true

• अथ: then / and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ
• Form: true

• सहस्रशः: by thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्
• Form: true

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kṛpa
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• arrows (bāṇa)