Shloka 683

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

Devanagari script

दुर्योधनरथं तूर्णमारुरोह विनि:श्वसन्‌ । राजन्‌! उस समय सारी सेनाओंमें महान्‌ हाहाकार होने लगा। महाराज! सात्यकिके बाणोंसे रथहीन किया गया कर्ण भी लंबी साँस खींचता हुआ तुरंत ही दुर्योधनके रथपर जा बैठा

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | duryodhana-rathaṁ tūrṇam āruroha viniḥśvasan | rājan! tadā sarvāsu senāsu mahān hāhākāro 'bhavat | mahārāja! sātyaki-bāṇair ratha-hīnaḥ kṛtaḥ karṇo 'pi dīrghaṁ śvāsaṁ gṛhītvā tūrṇam eva duryodhanasya rathe nyaviśat |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Panting, he swiftly mounted Duryodhana’s chariot. O King, at that moment a great uproar rose throughout all the armies. O Maharaja, Karṇa too—stripped of his chariot by Sātyaki’s arrows—drawing a long breath, immediately took his seat upon Duryodhana’s chariot.

Word by Word

• दुर्योधन-रथम्: Duryodhana's chariot
• दुर्योधन-रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन + रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्ण

• आरुरोह: mounted / climbed onto
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विनिःश्वसन्: breathing hard / sighing
• विनिःश्वसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निः-श्वस्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sanjaya)
• धृतराष्ट्र (Dhritarashtra) [addressed as राजन्/महाराज]
• दुर्योधन (Duryodhana)
• कर्ण (Karna)
• सात्यकि (Satyaki)
• रथ (chariot)
• सेना (armies)