Shloka 21

Somadatta’s Kṣātra-Dharma Accusation; Night Combat, Māyā, and the Fall of Ghaṭotkaca

Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 131

Devanagari script

प्रहस्य भीमसेनो<पि कर्ण प्रत्याद्रवद्‌ रणे

Transliteration

prahasya bhīmaseno 'pi karṇa pratyādravad raṇe

Translation

Sañjaya said: Laughing aloud, Bhīmasena too charged back at Karṇa on the battlefield.

Word by Word

• प्रहस्य: having laughed
• प्रहस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रहस् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे अव्ययभावः), कर्तरि, पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done)

• भीमसेनः: Bhimasena (Bhima)
• भीमसेनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• कर्ण: O Karna
• कर्ण: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रत्याद्रवत्: ran back/charged back (towards)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-आ-√द्रु (धातु)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Karṇa
• raṇa (battlefield)