Shloka 25

भीमसेन-द्रोण-संग्रामः

Bhīmasena and Droṇa: Containment, Advance, and Recognition

Devanagari script

उद्धिन्नरुधिरी कृष्णौ भारद्वाजस्य सायकै: । शितैश्नितौ व्यरोचेतां कर्णिकारैरिवाचलौ,द्रोणाचार्यके तीखे बाणोंसे श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुनके शरीर छिदे हुए थे और उनसे रक्तकी धारा बह रही थी। उस समय वे लाल कनेरसे भरे हुए दो पर्वतोंके समान सुशोभित होते थे

Transliteration

uddhinnarudhirī kṛṣṇau bhāradvājasya sāyakaiḥ | śitaiḥ śnitau vyarocetāṃ karṇikārair ivācalau ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, their bodies pierced by the sharp arrows of Bhāradvāja’s son (Droṇa) and streaming with blood, shone forth like two mountains covered with red karṇikāra blossoms.”

Word by Word

उद्धिन्नरुधिरीhaving blood flowing out (bleeding profusely)

कृष्णौKrishna (and the other, i.e., Arjuna) / the two Krishnas

भारद्वाजस्यof Bharadvaja (i.e., Drona)

सायकैःwith arrows

शितैःsharp

नितौpierced / struck

व्यरोचेताम्they shone / appeared splendid

कर्णिकारैःwith karnikāra flowers (golden blossoms)

इवlike / as if

अचलौtwo mountains

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kṛṣṇa

Arjuna

Droṇācārya (Bhāradvāja’s son)

arrows (sāyaka)

karṇikāra flowers

mountains (acala)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes