Shloka 22

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)

Devanagari script

सतुतंप्रतिविव्याध पञज्चभिरनिशितै: शरै:

Transliteration

sūtaṁ pratīvīvyādha pañcabhir aniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: He then struck the charioteer with five keen, unerring arrows.

Word by Word

• सूतम्: the charioteer
• सूतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards/against
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• विव्याध: pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पञ्चभिः: with five
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun (Numeral)
• Root: पञ्चन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (numeral usage), Instrumental, Plural

• अनिशितैः: sharp, whetted
• अनिशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनिशित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• sūta (charioteer)
• śara (arrows)