Shloka 836

द्रोणकर्णयोः निशि संप्रहारः — Night Engagement with Droṇa and Karṇa

Devanagari script

मोहित: शरजालेन कर्तव्यं नाभ्यपद्यत | इतना ही नहीं, आपके पुत्रके देखते-देखते उन्होंने कर्णको बाणोंसे ढक दिया। घोड़ और सारथिके मारे जानेपर समरांगणमें बाणोंसे ढका हुआ कर्ण बाण-जालसे मोहित हो यह भी नहीं सोच सका कि अब क्या करना चाहिये

Transliteration

mohitaḥ śarajālena kartavyaṃ nābhyapadyata |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Bewildered by a net of arrows, he could not arrive at what ought to be done. Before your son’s very eyes, they covered Karṇa with volleys of shafts; and when his horses and charioteer were slain, Karṇa—still shrouded in arrows on the battlefield—was so deluded by that arrow-net that he could not even judge his next rightful course of action.

Word by Word

• मोहितः: deluded, bewildered
• मोहितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोहित (मुह् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरजालेन: by a net/mass of arrows
• शरजालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरजाल
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कर्तव्यम्: what should be done; duty
• कर्तव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तव्य (कृ धातु, तव्यत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अभ्यपद्यत: he did not resort to / he did not take up
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√पद्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Duryodhana
• arrows (śara)
• arrow-net (śarajāla)
• horses
• charioteer
• battlefield (samarāṅgaṇa)