Shloka 24

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

Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 131

Devanagari script

तं॑ कर्णश्छादयामास शरब्रातैरनेकश: । संछाद्यमान: कर्णेन बहुधा पाण्डुनन्दन:,तब कर्णने अनेकों बार बाणसमूहोंकी वर्षा करके भीमसेनको आच्छादित कर दिया। कर्णके द्वारा बारंबार अच्छादित होते हुए पाण्डुनन्दन महारथी भीमने कर्णके धनुषको मुट्ठी पकड़नेकी जगहसे काट दिया और झुकी हुई गाँठवाले बहुत-से बाणोंद्वारा उसे घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

taṁ karṇaś chādayāmāsa śaravrātair anekaśaḥ | saṁchādyamānaḥ karṇena bahudhā pāṇḍunandanaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Karṇa repeatedly covered him with dense volleys of arrows. Though again and again overwhelmed by Karṇa’s missile-storm, the Pāṇḍava hero endured the assault and held his ground amid the fury of battle.

Word by Word

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

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• छादयामास: covered, concealed
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शरव्रातैः: with masses of arrows
• शरव्रातैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरव्रात
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अनेकशः: many times, repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशस्

• संछाद्यमानः: being covered
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-छाद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Present passive participle

• कर्णेन: by Karna
• कर्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• बहुधा: in many ways / repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा

• पाण्डुनन्दनः: son of Pandu (the Pandava)
• पाण्डुनन्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Pāṇḍunandana (a Pāṇḍava hero)
• arrows (śara)
• volleys/masses of arrows (śaravrāta)