Shloka 32

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

Kṛṣṇa’s strategic reassurance

Devanagari script

धनुश्न पुनरन्येन चकर्तास्थ महारथ:

Transliteration

dhanuḥ punaḥ punar anyena cakartāstha mahārathaḥ

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Der große Wagenkämpfer zerschnitt immer wieder den Bogen mit einer anderen Waffe/einem anderen Pfeil und blieb im Kampf standhaft—ein Bild unermüdlicher Kriegskunst und unbeirrbarer Entschlossenheit inmitten des Kriegschaos.

Word by Word

• धनुषा: with a bow
• धनुषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• अन्येन: with another (one)
• अन्येन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• चकर्त: he made / he did
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (कर्तुम्)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• अस्थ: a bone
• अस्थ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महारथः: the great chariot-warrior
• महारथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• mahāratha (great chariot-warrior)