Shloka 34

कर्णभीमयुद्धम्

Karna–Bhīma Combat Report

Devanagari script

प्रादुश्चक्रे ततो ब्राह्ममस्त्रमस्त्रविदां वर: | प्रजानाथ! तब सहसा आती हुई उस शक्तिको देखकर अस्त्रवेत्ताओंमें श्रेष्ठ द्रोणने ब्रह्मास्त्र प्रकट किया ।। ३३ ह ।। तदस्त्रं भस्मसात्कृत्वा तां शक्ति घोरदर्शनाम्‌

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | prāduścakre tato brāhmam astram astravidāṃ varaḥ | tad astraṃ bhasmasāt kṛtvā tāṃ śaktiṃ ghoradarśanām |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Droṇa, the foremost among masters of weapons, manifested the Brahmāstra. That divine missile reduced to ashes the dreadful, fearsome-looking Śakti that had rushed in suddenly.

Word by Word

प्रादुःmanifestly, forth

चक्रेmade, brought forth

ततःthen, thereafter

ब्राह्मम्Brahma-related, Brahmic

अस्त्रम्weapon (missile)

अस्त्रविदाम्of the knowers of weapons

वरःthe best, the foremost

तत्that

अस्त्रम्weapon (missile)

भस्मसात्to ashes, into ash-state

कृत्वाhaving made

ताम्that (her/it)

शक्तिम्power; (here) spear/energy-weapon

घोरदर्शनाम्of terrible appearance

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Droṇa

Brahmāstra (Brāhma astra)

Śakti (divine missile/weapon)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes