Shloka 22

Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana

Devanagari script

तथा सप्तदशं वेगादष्टादशमथापि वा । बहूनि भीमश्रिच्छेद कर्णस्यैवं धनूंषि हि,इतना ही नहीं, भीमने सत्रहवें, अठारहवें तथा और भी बहुत-से कर्णके धनुषोंको वेगपूर्वक काट दिया

Transliteration

tathā saptadaśaṁ vegād aṣṭādaśam athāpi vā | bahūni bhīmaś chittvā karṇasyaivaṁ dhanūṁṣi hi ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: In the same way, with swift force, Bhīma cut down Karṇa’s seventeenth bow, then the eighteenth as well—and indeed many more. The scene showed the battle’s relentless momentum: skill and resolve again and again shattered an opponent’s means of resistance, even as both warriors persisted in the duty they had chosen as kṣatriyas.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• सप्तदशम्: the seventeenth (one)
• सप्तदशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तदश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वेगात्: with speed; swiftly
• वेगात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• अष्टादशम्: the eighteenth (one)
• अष्टादशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टादश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then; and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अपि: also; even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• बहूनि: many
• बहूनि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• भीमः: Bhima
• भीमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चिच्छेद: cut; severed
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कर्णस्य: of Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• धनूंषि: bows
• धनूंषि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīma (Bhīmasena)
• Karṇa
• bows (dhanus)