Shloka 193

Chapter 136: Pandava Counter-Encirclement and the Vāyavya-Astra Disruption

Devanagari script

दुर्मुखाय रथं तूर्ण प्रेषयामास पाण्डव: । महाराज! तदनन्तर कर्णको अपने बाणोंद्वारा रोककर पाण्डुकुमार भीम तुरंत ही अपने रथको दुर्मुखके पास ले गये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | durmukhāya rathaṃ tūrṇaṃ preṣayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ | mahārāja! tadanantaraṃ karṇako 'pane bāṇodvārā rokakar pāṇḍukumāra bhīma tūranta hī apane rathako durmukhake pāsa le gaye |

Translation

Sañjaya said: The Pāṇḍava swiftly drove his chariot toward Durmukha. O King, at once Karṇa checked him with a shower of arrows; yet Bhīma, the son of Pāṇḍu, without delay brought his chariot right up to Durmukha.

Word by Word

• दुर्मुखाय: to Durmukha
• दुर्मुखाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्मुख
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तूर्णम्: swiftly
• तूर्णम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण

• प्रेषयामास: sent/caused to go
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रेष्
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Bhima/one of the Pandavas)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Durmukha
• Karṇa
• Bhīma
• chariot
• arrows