Shloka 11

अध्याय २९: कर्णस्य शल्यं प्रति शापस्मरणं च युद्धनिश्चयः | Chapter 29: Karṇa recalls curses to Śalya and declares resolve for battle

Devanagari script

शिनिवृषभशरैर्निपीडितं तव सुहृदो वसुषेणमभ्ययु: । त्वरितमतिरथा रथर्षभं द्विरदरथाश्व॒पदातिभि: सह

Transliteration

śinivṛṣabhaśarair nipīḍitaṃ tava suhṛdo vasuṣeṇam abhyayuḥ | tvaritam atirathā ratharṣabhaṃ dvirada-ratha-aśva-padātibhiḥ saha ||

Translation

শিনিবৃষভের শরবৃষ্টিতে চাপে পড়া বসুষেণ (কর্ণ)কে দেখে আপনার হিতৈষী সুহৃদ অতিরথীরা দ্রুত সেই রথীদের শ্রেষ্ঠের দিকে অগ্রসর হলেন—হস্তী, রথ, অশ্ব ও পদাতিকসহ।

Word by Word

शिनिवृषभशरैःwith arrows of Śinivṛṣabha

निपीडितम्pressed/afflicted

तवyour

सुहृदःfriends

वसुषेणम्Vasuṣeṇa (Karna)

अभ्ययुःapproached/advanced toward

त्वरितम्swiftly

अतिरथाःgreat warriors

रथर्षभम्the bull among chariot-warriors (best of charioteers)

द्विरदwith elephants

रथwith chariots

अश्वwith horses

पदातिभिःwith foot-soldiers

सहtogether with

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra

Śinivṛṣabha (Sātyaki)

Vasuṣeṇa (Karna)

elephants

chariots

cavalry

infantry

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes