Shloka 9

भीमसेन–कर्णयुद्धवर्णनम्

Description of the Bhīmasena–Karṇa Engagement

Devanagari script

कुरुयोधवरा राजंस्तव पुत्र परीप्सव: । धनंजयरथं शीघ्र सर्वतः समुपाद्रवन्‌,राजन! नाना देशोंमें उत्पन्न महान्‌ वेगशाली आजानेयर, पर्वतीयः (पहाड़ी), नदीजई (दरियाई) तथा सिंधुदेशीय उत्तम घोड़ोंद्वारा आपके पुत्रकी रक्षाके लिये उत्सुक हुए श्रेष्ठ कौरवयोद्धा सब ओरसे शीघ्र ही अर्जुनके रथपर टूट पड़े

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | kuru-yodhavarā rājan tava putra-parīpsavaḥ | dhanañjaya-rathaṁ śīghraṁ sarvataḥ samupādravan ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, the foremost warriors among the Kurus, eager to protect your son, swiftly surged from every side against Dhanañjaya’s chariot.”

Word by Word

• कुरुयोधवराः: the best Kuru warriors
• कुरुयोधवराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु-योध-वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्र: son
• पुत्र: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परीप्सवः: desiring to protect/obtain (i.e., intent on saving)
• परीप्सवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परीप्सु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• धनंजय-रथम्: Dhanañjaya's chariot (Arjuna's chariot)
• धनंजय-रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय-रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र
• Form: true

• सर्वतः: from all sides
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः
• Form: true

• समुपाद्रवन्: they rushed/assailed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+उप+आ+द्रु
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kuru warriors (Kauravas)
• Arjuna (Dhanañjaya)
• Arjuna’s chariot
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son (Duryodhana implied)