Shloka 10

कर्णभीमयुद्धम्

Karna–Bhīma Combat Report

Devanagari script

तमापतन्तं सहसा व्यादितास्यमिवान्तकम्‌ | वीरधन्वा महेष्वासस्त्वरमाण: समभ्ययात्‌,मुँह बाये हुए कालके समान सहसा आक्रमण करनेवाले धृष्टकेतुका सामना करनेके लिये महाधनुर्धर वीरधन्वा बड़े वेगसे आ पहुँचे

Transliteration

tam āpatantaṃ sahasā vyāditāsyam ivāntakam | vīradhanvas tvaramāṇaḥ samabhyayāt ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing him rushing in suddenly—like Death itself with gaping jaws—Vīradhvan, the great archer, hurried forward at speed to confront the oncoming attacker.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आपतन्तम्: rushing/attacking
• आपतन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपत् (आपतति)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सहसा: suddenly, swiftly
• सहसा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• व्यादितास्यम्: with mouth wide open
• व्यादितास्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यादित-आस्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: as if, like
• इव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अन्तकम्: Death (Yama), the ender
• अन्तकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वीरधन्वा: Vīradhanvas (proper name)
• वीरधन्वा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरधन्वन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महेष्वासः: great archer
• महेष्वासः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वरमाणः: hastening
• त्वरमाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्वर् (त्वरते)
• Form: Present middle participle (शानच्), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समभ्ययात्: came up to, approached
• समभ्ययात्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (इ) + सम् + अभि
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Antaka (Death/Yama)
• Vīradhvan