Shloka 21

Devanagari script

सदार्चितं चन्दनचूर्णशायितं सुवर्णतूणीरशयं महार्चिषम्‌ । आकर्णपूर्ण च विकृष्य कर्ण: पार्थोन्मुख: संदधे चोत्तमौजा:

Transliteration

sadārcitaṃ candanacūrṇaśāyitaṃ suvarṇatūṇīraśayaṃ mahārcīṣam | ākarṇapūrṇaṃ ca vikṛṣya karṇaḥ pārthonmukhaḥ saṃdadhe cottamaujāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Karṇa, stets geehrt und mit Sandelpulver gesalbt, auf einem goldenen Köcher ruhend und von Glanz durchstrahlt, zog den Bogen bis ans Ohr in vollem Auszug. Pārtha (Arjuna) zugewandt, setzte er den Pfeil an und sammelte höchste Kraft und Entschlossenheit zum entscheidenden Schlag.

Word by Word

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा
• Form: Avyaya

• अर्चितम्: honoured, worshipped
• अर्चितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्चित (√अर्च्)
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• चन्दनचूर्णशायितम्: laid/strewn with sandalwood powder
• चन्दनचूर्णशायितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्दनचूर्णशायित (√शी)
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• सुवर्णतूणीरशयम्: having a golden quiver as its resting-place/support
• सुवर्णतूणीरशयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुवर्णतूणीरशय
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• महार्चिषम्: of great splendour
• महार्चिषम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महार्चिस्
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• आकर्णपूर्णम्: drawn up to the ear (fully drawn)
• आकर्णपूर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकर्णपूर्ण
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• विकृष्य: having drawn (back)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विकृष्य (वि+√कृष्)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वान्त), Avyaya

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• पार्थोन्मुखः: facing Arjuna (son of Pritha)
• पार्थोन्मुखः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थोन्मुख
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• संदधे: placed/fit (an arrow); fixed (on the bow)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+√धा
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, singular, Parasmaipada

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• उत्तमौजाः: of excellent vigour/energy
• उत्तमौजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तमौजस्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• कर्ण (Karna)
• पार्थ / अर्जुन (Pārtha/Arjuna)
• चन्दनचूर्ण (sandalwood powder)
• सुवर्णतूणीर (golden quiver)
• धनुस्/ज्या (bow/bowstring implied)
• बाण (arrow implied)