Shloka 12

कर्णभीमयुद्धम्

Karna–Bhīma Combat Report

Devanagari script

नकुलं कुशल युद्धे पराक्रान्तं पराक्रमी । अभ्यगच्छत्‌ समायान्तं विकर्णस्ते सुत: प्रभो

Transliteration

nakulaṁ kuśalaṁ yuddhe parākrāntaṁ parākramī | abhyagacchat samāyāntaṁ vikarṇas te sutaḥ prabho ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O lord, your son Vikarṇa—himself a valiant warrior—advanced to meet Nakula, skilled in battle and coming forward with great prowess.

Word by Word

• नकुलम्: Nakula (as object)
• नकुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुशलम्: skilled
• कुशलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुशल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पराक्रान्तम्: valiant, having advanced boldly
• पराक्रान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराक्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पराक्रमी: the mighty one
• पराक्रमी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराक्रमिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभ्यगच्छत्: approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• समायान्तम्: coming towards (him)
• समायान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-या
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विकर्णः: Vikarna
• विकर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: your
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभो: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Nakula
• Vikarṇa
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address 'prabho' and 'te sutaḥ')