Mahabharata — Karna Parva, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

शरोत्तमान्‌ सम्प्रहितान्‌ महारथै- श्रिच्छेद पार्थ: प्रहसन्‌ शरौचै: । भूयश्व तानहनद्‌ बाणसड्घान्‌ गाण्डीवधन्वायतपूर्णमण्डल:

Transliteration

śarottamān samprahitān mahārathaiḥ śiccheda pārthaḥ prahasan śaraughaiḥ | bhūyaś ca tān ahanad bāṇa-saṅghān gāṇḍīva-dhanvāyata-pūrṇa-maṇḍalaḥ ||

Translation

Karna sprach: „Die erlesensten Pfeile, die von den großen Wagenkämpfern abgeschossen wurden, hieb Partha (Arjuna) lächelnd nieder, indem er ihnen mit Strömen eigener Geschosse begegnete. Immer wieder zerschlug er jene Pfeilmassen; und mit dem Gāṇḍīva bis zur vollen, kreisgleichen Wölbung gespannt, ließ er unablässig Salven auf die feindlichen Kaurava-Heere niedergehen.“

Word by Word

• शर-उत्तमान्: the best arrows
• शर-उत्तमान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरोत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सम्प्रहितान्: shot/loosed
• सम्प्रहितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्र-हिता (√हि/धा in passive sense 'sent/placed')
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महारथैः: by the great chariot-warriors
• महारथैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• श्रीच्छेद: cut asunder
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रीच्छेद (√छिद्)
• Form: Perfect (Parasmaipada), 3rd, Singular

• पार्थः: Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रहसन्: laughing
• प्रहसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हस् (√हस्)
• Form: Present participle, Parasmaipada, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शर-ओघैः: with torrents/hosts of arrows
• शर-ओघैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरौघ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• भूयः: again, repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तान्: those (arrows)
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अहनत्: struck, smote
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन्
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular

• बाण-सङ्घान्: masses of arrows
• बाण-सङ्घान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाणसङ्घ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गाण्डीव-धन्वा: the wielder of the Gandiva bow
• गाण्डीव-धन्वा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डीवधन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आयत-पूर्ण-मण्डलः: whose (bow) when drawn formed a full circle
• आयत-पूर्ण-मण्डलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयतपूर्णमण्डल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कौरव-महारथैः: by the Kaurava great chariot-warriors
• कौरव-महारथैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरवमहारथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Arjuna (Partha, son of Kunti)
• Gāṇḍīva (bow)
• Kaurava warriors (mahārathas)