Shloka 30

Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 19 — Saṃśaptaka–Trigarta Assault and Aindra-astra Counter

Devanagari script

अष्टावष्टगवान्यूहु: शकटानि यदायुधम्‌ | अह्नस्तदष्टभागेन द्रौणिश्षिक्षेप मारिष,मान्यवर! आठ बैलोंसे जुते हुए आठ छकड़ोंने जितने आयुध ढोये थे, उन सबको अश्वत्थामाने उस दिनके आठवें भागमें चलाकर समाप्त कर दिया

Transliteration

aṣṭāv aṣṭagavāny ūhuḥ śakaṭāni yad āyudham | ahnas tad-aṣṭabhāgena drauṇiḥ ṣikṣepa māriṣ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Die Waffen, die acht Wagen, jeder von acht Ochsen gezogen, herbeigeschafft hatten—Aśvatthāman, der Sohn Droṇas, verschoss und verbrauchte sie alle innerhalb nur eines Achtels jenes Tages.

Word by Word

• अष्टौ: eight
• अष्टौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वष्टगवान्: yoked/possessing draft-animals (oxen)
• वष्टगवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वष्टगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ऊहुः: they carried/bore
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Plural

• शकटानि: carts/wagons
• शकटानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकट
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• यत्: which/that (amount)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आयुधम्: weaponry/arms
• आयुधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अह्नः: of the day
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तत्: that (all that)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अष्टभागेन: by an eighth part
• अष्टभागेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टभाग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• द्रौणिः: Drauni (Ashvatthaman)
• द्रौणिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षिप्: threw/cast
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular

• मारिष: O noble sir
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Aśvatthāman (Drauṇi)
• Droṇa
• weapons (āyudha)
• wagons/carts (śakaṭa)
• oxen (go/gava)