Shloka 17

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 155 — Ghaṭotkaca-nidhana-śoka and Karṇa-śakti-vyaya

Kṛṣṇa’s strategic reassurance

Devanagari script

रुक्मपुड्खै: प्रसन्नाग्रैस्तव पुत्रेण धन्विना

Transliteration

rukmapuḍkhaiḥ prasannāgrais tava putreṇa dhanvinā

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Mit Pfeilen, deren Schäfte mit Gold geschmückt waren und deren Spitzen scharf und wohlgeformt, tat dein Sohn—der Bogenschütze—dies.“

Word by Word

• रुक्मपुङ्खैः: with golden-feathered (arrows)
• रुक्मपुङ्खैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुक्मपुङ्ख
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रसन्नाग्रैः: with sharp/bright-pointed (arrows)
• प्रसन्नाग्रैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्नाग्र
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रेण: by (your) son
• पुत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• धन्विना: by the archer/bowman
• धन्विना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'tava')
• your son (Duryodhana implied in context)
• arrows (śara)
• bow/archery (dhanus implied by 'dhanvin')