Shloka 3

Adhyāya 5 (Śānti-parva): Nārada’s account of Karṇa—Jarāsandha encounter and the causal grounds of Karṇa’s fall

Devanagari script

क्षीणबाणौ विधनुषौ भग्नखड्‌गौ महीं गतौ । बाहुभि: समसज्जेतामुभावपषि बलान्वितौ

Transliteration

kṣīṇabāṇau vidhanūṣau bhagnakhaḍgau mahīṁ gatau | bāhubhiḥ samasajjetām ubhāv api balānvitau ||

Translation

Nārada sprach: „Als ihre Pfeile erschöpft, die Bögen verloren und die Schwerter zerbrochen waren, stürzten die beiden Kämpfer — noch immer voller Kraft — zu Boden und rangen miteinander, nur mit den Armen.“

Word by Word

• क्षीणबाणौ: having exhausted arrows
• क्षीणबाणौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीणबाण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• विधनुषौ: without bows
• विधनुषौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधनुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• भग्नखड्गौ: with broken swords
• भग्नखड्गौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भग्नखड्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• महीं: the earth/ground
• महीं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• गतौ: having gone (fallen) to
• गतौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• बाहुभिः: with (their) arms
• बाहुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• समसज्जेताम्: they engaged/closed in combat
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+सज्ज्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Dual, Atmanepada

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: उभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• अपषि: unclear/possibly corrupt reading
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपषि

• बलान्वितौ: endowed with strength
• बलान्वितौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलान्वित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• arrows
• bow
• sword
• earth/ground