Shloka 336

द्रोणकर्णयोः निशि संप्रहारः — Night Engagement with Droṇa and Karṇa

Devanagari script

अर्जुनो निशितैर्बाणैर्जघान तव वाहिनीम्‌ । जब रफक्षेत्रमें कर्ण और दुर्योधन इस तरह वार्तालाप कर रहे थे, उस समय अर्जुनने अपने पैने बाणोंद्वारा आपकी सेनाका संहार आरम्भ किया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

arjuno niśitair bāṇair jaghāna tava vāhinīm |

Translation

Sañjaya said: While Karṇa and Duryodhana were conversing in this manner on the battlefield, Arjuna began the destruction of your army, striking it with his razor-sharp arrows.

Word by Word

• अर्जुनः: Arjuna
• अर्जुनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निशितैः: sharp, whetted
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• जघान: struck, slew
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• वाहिनीम्: army, host
• वाहिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाहिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Karna
• Duryodhana
• battlefield (Kurukṣetra context)
• arrows