Shloka 11

भीमसेन–कर्णयुद्धवर्णनम्

Description of the Bhīmasena–Karṇa Engagement

Devanagari script

तथैव दध्मतु: शड्खौ वासुदेवधनंजयौ । प्रवरी सर्वदेवानां सर्वशड्खवरी भुवि,इसी प्रकार सम्पूर्ण देवताओंमें श्रेष्ठ श्रीकृष्ण और अर्जुन भूतलके समस्त शंखोंमें उत्तम अपने दिव्य शंख बजाने लगे

Transliteration

tathaiva dadhmatuḥ śaṅkhau vāsudeva-dhanañjayau | pravarī sarvadevāṇāṃ sarvaśaṅkhavarī bhuvi ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “In the same manner, Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) and Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) blew their conches—those two who are foremost among all the gods, and whose conches are the best among all conches upon the earth.”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• दध्मतुः: they two blew
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्मा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Dual, Parasmaipada

• शङ्खौ: two conches
• शङ्खौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• वासुदेव: Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेव: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धनंजयौ: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) [the two: Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna]
• धनंजयौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• प्रवरी: the two foremost/excellent (fem. dual; agreeing with an implied feminine pair such as ‘those two [persons]’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवरी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Dual

• सर्वदेवानाम्: of all the gods
• सर्वदेवानाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वदेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• सर्वशङ्खवरी: the two best among all conch(-blowers)/conches (lit. ‘best with respect to all conches’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-शङ्ख-वर
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Dual

• भुवि: on the earth, on the ground
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• śaṅkha (conch)