Shloka 12

रात्रौ युद्धप्रवृत्तिः — Night Battle Begins; Duryodhana’s Protective Orders for Droṇa

Droṇa-parva 139

Devanagari script

ततो विधम्याधिरथे: शरजालानि पाण्डव: | विव्याध कर्ण विंशत्या पुनरन्यै: शिलाशितै:,पाण्डुकुमार भीमने अधिरथपुत्रके शरसमूहोंका निवारण करके शिलापर चढ़ाकर तेज किये हुए बीस अन्य बाणोंद्वारा कर्णको घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

tato vidharmyādhiratheḥ śarajālāni pāṇḍavaḥ | vivyādha karṇaṃ viṃśatyā punar anyaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then the Pāṇḍava warrior, having shattered the volleys of arrows shot by Adhiratha’s son, struck Karṇa again—piercing him with twenty more arrows, honed upon a whetstone.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereafter')

• विधम्य: having repelled
• विधम्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: धम् (धमुँ)
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), active: 'having driven off/repelled'

• अधिरथेः: of Adhiratha (Karna’s foster-father)
• अधिरथेः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिरथ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शरजालानि: nets/volleys of arrows
• शरजालानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरजाल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• विव्याध: pierced, wounded
• विव्याध: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध् (व्यधँ)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• कर्णम्: Karna
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विंशत्या: with twenty (arrows)
• विंशत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंशति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular (numeral used instrumentally)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः
• Form: Avyaya

• अन्यैः: with other
• अन्यैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural (agreeing with शरैः understood / or with शिलाशितैः)

• शिलाशितैः: sharpened on a whetstone
• शिलाशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिलाशित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava (Bhīma)
• Karṇa
• Adhiratha
• arrows (śara)
• whetstone (śilā)