Shloka 15

Irāvān-nidhana-anantaraṃ Ghaṭotkaca-nādaḥ

After Irāvān’s fall: Ghaṭotkaca’s roar and the clash with Duryodhana

Devanagari script

अथैनं छिन्नथन्वानं नाराचेन स्तनान्तरे । निर्बिभेद रणे राजा सर्वसैन्यस्य पश्यत:,राजन! धनुष कट जानेपर महाबली राजा युधिष्ठिरने श्रुतायुकी छातीमें नाराचसे प्रहार किया। फिर उन्होंने समस्त सेनाओंके देखते-देखते रणक्षेत्रमें महामना श्रुतायुके घोड़ोंको तुरंत मार डाला और उसके सारथिको भी शीघ्र ही मौतके मुखमें डाल दिया

Transliteration

atha enaṃ chinnathanvānaṃ nārācena stanāntare | nirbibheda raṇe rājā sarvasainyasya paśyataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then the king, before the eyes of the entire army, pierced him—his bow already cut—right in the chest with a nārāca arrow on the battlefield.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• छिन्न-थन्वानम्: whose bow was cut/broken
• छिन्न-थन्वानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्नथन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नाराचेन: with an iron arrow
• नाराचेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• स्तन-अन्तरे: in the space between the breasts (in the chest)
• स्तन-अन्तरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तन-अन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निर्बिभेद: pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्व-सैन्यस्य: of the entire army
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वसैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पश्यतः: while (it was) looking; in the presence of
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्यत्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• the king (rājā)
• nārāca (arrow)
• battlefield (raṇa)
• the whole army (sarva-sainya)