Shloka 27

भीमसेन–कर्णयुद्धवर्णनम्

Description of the Bhīmasena–Karṇa Engagement

Devanagari script

कर्णो द्वात्रिंशता चैव वृषसेनश्व सप्तभि: । जयद्रथस्त्रिसप्तत्या कृपश्च दशभि: शरै:

Transliteration

karṇo dvātriṃśatā caiva vṛṣasenaś ca saptabhiḥ | jayadrathas tri-saptatyā kṛpaś ca daśabhiḥ śaraiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Karṇa was struck with thirty-two arrows; Vṛṣasena with seven; Jayadratha with seventy-three; and Kṛpa with ten. Thus, in the fierce press of battle, the foremost warriors were marked by the measured, relentless force of missile-weapons—each wound a sign of the escalating contest of prowess and endurance amid the moral darkness of fratricidal war.

Word by Word

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्वात्रिंशता: with thirty-two
• द्वात्रिंशता: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वात्रिंशत्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

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

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

• वृषसेनः: Vrishasena
• वृषसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषसेन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सप्तभिः: with seven
• सप्तभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• जयद्रथः: Jayadratha
• जयद्रथः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जयद्रथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिसप्तत्या: with seventy-three
• त्रिसप्तत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिसप्तति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• कृपः: Kripa
• कृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Karna
• Vrishasena
• Jayadratha
• Kripa
• arrows (śara)