Shloka 193

अलंबलवधः (Alaṃbala-vadhaḥ) / The Slaying of Alaṃbala and the Advance toward Karṇa

Devanagari script

अभ्यस्तो बहुभिर्बाणर्दशधर्मगतेन वै । “मैंने पुत्रशोकसे संतप्त, बाणोंद्वारा पीड़ित तथा भारी दुरवस्थाको प्राप्त होकर बहुसंख्यक बाणोंद्वारा उन्हें अनेक बार चोट पहुँचायी है

Transliteration

abhyasto bahubhir bāṇair daśa-dharma-gatena vai |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “He was repeatedly assailed by many arrows, and, having been driven into a grievous and perilous condition, he in turn struck him again and again with a multitude of shafts—his mind burning with the anguish of a son’s loss, and his conduct now shaped by the harsh compulsions of war rather than calm restraint.”

Word by Word

• अभ्यस्तः: practised / repeatedly struck
• अभ्यस्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभ्यस्त (√अस्/अभि+√अस्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बहुभिः: by many
• बहुभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

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

• दशधर्मगतेन: by one who had gone to the tenfold duty/law (i.e., bound by dharma)
• दशधर्मगतेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशधर्मगत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arrows (bāṇa)