Shloka 231

भीष्म-पर्व अध्याय १०० — त्रिगर्त-आक्रमण, भीष्म-केन्द्रित पुनर्संयोजन, तथा शक्त्यस्त्र-विनिमय

Devanagari script

भण्डीपुष्पनिकाशेन तपनीयनिभेन च । अनुलिप्त: पराध्येन चन्दनेन सुगन्धिना

Transliteration

bhaṇḍīpuṣpanikāśena tapanīyanibhena ca | anuliptaḥ parārdhyena candanena sugandhinā

Translation

Karna said: “He was adorned with ornaments that shone like bhaṇḍī-flowers and gleamed like refined gold, and his body was anointed with costly, fragrant sandalwood paste.”

Word by Word

• भण्डीपुष्पनिकाशेन: with (something) resembling bhāṇḍī-flowers
• भण्डीपुष्पनिकाशेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भण्डीपुष्प-निकाश
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तपनीयनिभेन: with (something) like gold
• तपनीयनिभेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपनीय-निभ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• अनुलिप्तः: smeared/anointed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-लिप्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परार्ध्येन: with precious/excellent
• परार्ध्येन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परार्ध्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• चन्दनेन: with sandalwood (paste)
• चन्दनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्दन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सुगन्धिना: fragrant
• सुगन्धिना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुगन्धिन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• कर्ण (Karna)
• चन्दन (sandalwood paste)
• तपनीय (refined gold)
• भण्डीपुष्प (bhaṇḍī-flowers)