Shloka 316

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 107: Karṇa–Bhīma Saṃmarda

Arrow-storm Engagement

Devanagari script

गाण्डीवं दिव्यकर्मा तद्‌ राजन दुर्मन्त्रिते तव । राजन! उसी प्रकार दिव्य कर्म करनेवाले शत्रुनाशन पार्थने भी आपकी कुमन्त्रणाके फलस्वरूप अपने गाण्डीव धनुषको खींचा

Transliteration

gāṇḍīvaṃ divyakarmā tad rājan durmantrite tava | rājan! usī prakāra divya karma karanevāle śatrunāśana pārthane bhī āp kī kumantraṇā ke phalasvarūpa apane gāṇḍīva dhanuṣ ko khīṃcā |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, because of your ill-judged counsel, the divinely accomplished Arjuna drew his Gāṇḍīva bow as well—he whose deeds are wondrous and who destroys his foes. Thus, by the fruit of your misguided policy, the very forces you should have restrained were compelled into decisive action.”

Word by Word

• गाण्डीवम्: the Gāṇḍīva (bow)
• गाण्डीवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डीव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दिव्यकर्मा: he whose deeds are divine
• दिव्यकर्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्यकर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• दुर्मन्त्रिते: in (your) ill-counsel / bad policy
• दुर्मन्त्रिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्मन्त्रित
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Gāṇḍīva (bow)