Shloka 313

द्रौणि-पार्षतयोर्युद्धम् | The Duel of Aśvatthāmā

Drauṇi) and Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata

Devanagari script

शरै: पूर्णायतोत्सूष्टैरन्योन्यमभिजष्नतु: । जैसे दो विशाल गजराज अपने दाँतोंके अग्रभागोंद्वारा एक-दूसरेसे भिड़ गये हों, उसी प्रकार कर्ण और भीमसेन धनुषको पूर्णतः खींचकर छोड़े गये बाणोंद्वारा एक-दूसरेको चोट पहुँचाते थे

Transliteration

śaraiḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭair anyonyam abhijaghnatuḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: With arrows released after drawing their bows to the full, Karṇa and Bhīmasena struck one another again and again—like two mighty lordly elephants crashing together with the tips of their tusks.

Word by Word

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

• पूर्ण: fully (drawn/filled)
• पूर्ण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आयत: stretched, drawn out
• आयत: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• उत्सृष्टैः: released, discharged
• उत्सृष्टैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्सृष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• अन्योन्यम्: each other, mutually
• अन्योन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य
• Form: Adverb

• अभिजघ्नतुः: the two struck/assailed
• अभिजघ्नतुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Dual, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Bhīmasena
• arrows (śara)
• bow (implied by pūrṇāyata and releasing arrows)
• elephants (simile: gajarāja)