Shloka 4

कर्णस्य दानप्रतिज्ञा–शल्योपदेश–वाक्ययुद्धम्

Karna’s Gift-Vows, Shalya’s Counsel, and the Battle of Words

Devanagari script

ततो युधिष्छिरो राजन्‌ स्वर्णपुड्खाजञ्छिलीमुखान्‌ । दुर्योधनाय चिक्षेप त्रयोदश शिलाशितान्‌,राजन! तब युधिष्ठिरने सानपर चढ़ाकर तेज किये हुए सुवर्णमय पंखवाले तेरह बाण दुर्योधनपर चलाये

Transliteration

tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājan svarṇapuṅkhān śilīmukhān | duryodhanāya cikṣepa trayodaśa śilāśitān ||

Translation

তখন, রাজন্, যুধিষ্ঠির সোনালি পালকযুক্ত, পাথরে শান দেওয়া তীক্ষ্ণ তেরোটি শিলীমুখ বাণ দুর্যোধনের দিকে নিক্ষেপ করলেন।

Word by Word

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

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• स्वर्णपुड्खान्: having golden fletchings
• स्वर्णपुड्खान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्णपुड्ख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अञ्जनशिलीमुखान्: black (collyrium-like) arrows
• अञ्जनशिलीमुखान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अञ्जनशिलीमुख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दुर्योधनाय: to/at Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• चिक्षेप: threw/shot
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्रयोदश: thirteen
• त्रयोदश: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोदश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• शिलाशितान्: stone-sharpened (stone-whetted)
• शिलाशितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिलाशित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Duryodhana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'rājan')
• arrows (śilīmukha)
• golden fletching (svarṇapuṅkha)