Shloka 32

अध्याय १४८ — कर्णप्रभावः, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य विरथता, तथा घटोत्कच-आह्वानम्

Chapter 148: Karṇa’s Pressure, Dhṛṣṭadyumna Unhorsed, and the Summoning of Ghaṭotkaca

Devanagari script

मर्मास्थिभिरगाधां च केशशैवलशाद्धलाम्‌ । शिरोबाहूपलतटां रुग्णक्रोडास्थिसंकटाम्‌

Transliteration

marmāsthibhir agādhāṃ ca keśaśaivalśāḍḍhalām | śirobāhūpalataṭāṃ rugṇakroḍāsthi-saṅkaṭām ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “It was like a dreadful river made unfathomable by heaps of vital organs and bones; its surface choked with hair like water-weeds and matted scum. Its banks were strewn with boulders of severed heads and arms, and its bed was cramped and jagged with shattered ribs and bones.”

Word by Word

मर्मwith vital parts

अस्थिभिःwith bones

अगाधाम्unfathomable, very deep

चand

केशwith hair

शैवलwith algae/seaweed

शाद्धलाम्covered with grass/weeds

शिरःwith heads

बाहुwith arms

उपलwith stones

तटाम्having banks/shores

रुग्णbroken, shattered

क्रोडwith ribs/breasts (chests)

अस्थिwith bones

संकटाम्crowded/choked (with), difficult

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

vital organs (marma)

bones (asthi)

hair (keśa)

heads (śiras)

arms (bāhu)

ribs (kroḍa)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes