Shloka 36

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 54 — Missile-Exchange and Tactical Redirection

Arjuna, Aśvatthāman, Karṇa

Devanagari script

स पार्थमुक्तैरिषुभि: प्रणुन्नो गजो गजेनेव जितस्तरस्वी । विहाय संग्रामशिर: प्रयातो वैकर्तन: पाण्डवबाणतप्त:

Transliteration

sa pārthamuktair iṣubhiḥ praṇunno gajo gajen eva jitas tarasvī | vihāya saṅgrāmaśiraḥ prayāto vaikartanaḥ pāṇḍavabāṇataptaḥ ||

Translation

Hart getroffen von den Pfeilen, die Pārtha entsandt hatte, gab der mächtige Krieger—wie ein Elefant, der von einem anderen Elefanten bezwungen wird—die Spitze der Schlacht auf und zog sich zurück. So wandte sich Vaikartana (Karna), von den Geschossen der Pāṇḍavas versengt, vom Kampf ab.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थम्: Arjuna
• पार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उक्तैः: shot/loosed (lit. 'said/uttered')
• उक्तैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• इषुभिः: with arrows
• इषुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रणुन्नः: driven back/repelled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-नुद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गजः: the elephant
• गजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गजेन: by an elephant
• गजेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• इव: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• जितः: conquered/defeated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तरस्वी: mighty/impetuous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तरस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विहाय: having abandoned/left
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-हा
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• संग्रामशिरः: the head/front of the battle (battlefield)
• संग्रामशिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम-शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रयातः: gone forth/departed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या
• Form: Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वैकर्तनः: Karna (son of Vikartana)
• वैकर्तनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकर्तन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवबाणतप्तः: scorched/tormented by the Pāṇḍava's arrows
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाण्डव-बाण-तप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Vaikartana (Karna)
• Pāṇḍavas
• arrows (iṣu/bāṇa)
• elephant (gaja)