Shloka 5

Adhyāya 140: Rātriyuddhe Droṇa-prāpti-prayatnaḥ

Night engagement and the attempt to reach Droṇa

Devanagari script

भीमनामाड्किता बाणा: स्वर्णपुड्खा: शिलाशिता: । विविशु: कर्णमासाद्य च्छिन्दन्त इव जीवितम्‌,जिनपर भीमसेनके नाम खुदे हुए थे, वे शिलापर तेज किये हुए स्वर्णमय पंखयुक्त बाण कर्णके पास पहुँचकर उसके जीवनका उच्छेद करते हुए-से उसके शरीरमें घुस गये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

bhīmanāmāṅkitā bāṇāḥ svarṇapuḍkhāḥ śilāśitāḥ |

viviśuḥ karṇam āsādya cchindanta iva jīvitam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “The arrows inscribed with Bhīma’s name—golden-feathered and sharpened on stone—reached Karṇa and pierced his body, as though cutting away his very life.”

Word by Word

• भीमनामाङ्किताः: marked/inscribed with Bhima's name
• भीमनामाङ्किताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीमनामाङ्कित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बाणाः: arrows
• बाणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वर्णपुङ्खाः: having golden feathers/fletching
• स्वर्णपुङ्खाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्णपुङ्ख
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शिलाशिताः: sharpened on stone
• शिलाशिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिलाशित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विविशुः: entered/pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

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

• आसाद्य: having reached/attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• छिन्दन्तः: cutting off
• छिन्दन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Parasmaipada

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• Karṇa
• arrows (bāṇāḥ)