Shloka 14

अमोघशक्तिव्यंसनप्रश्नः — Why Karṇa’s Śakti Was Not Used on Arjuna

Devanagari script

ततो द्रोण: केकयांश्व धृष्टद्युम्नस्प चात्मजान्‌ | सम्प्रैषयत्‌ प्रेतलोक॑ सर्वानिषुभिराशुगै:

Transliteration

tato droṇaḥ kekayāṁś ca dhṛṣṭadyumnasya cātmajān | sampraiṣayat pretalokaṁ sarvān iṣubhir āśugaiḥ ||

Translation

Then Droṇa, with swift-flying arrows, dispatched to the realm of the departed all the Kekayas and also the sons of Dhṛṣṭadyumna.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• द्रोणः: Drona
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• केकयान्: the Kekayas
• केकयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: केकय
• Form: Masculine, accusative, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (conjunction)

• धृष्टद्युम्नस्य: of Dhrishtadyumna
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Masculine, genitive, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (conjunction)

• आत्मजान्: sons (offspring)
• आत्मजान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मज
• Form: Masculine, accusative, plural

• सम्प्रैषयत्: sent forth / dispatched
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-इष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• प्रेतलोकम्: to the world of the dead
• प्रेतलोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेतलोक
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• सर्वान्: all (of them)
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, accusative, plural

• इषुभिः: with arrows
• इषुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषु
• Form: Masculine, instrumental, plural

• आशुगैः: swift
• आशुगैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशुग
• Form: Masculine, instrumental, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Droṇa
• Kekayas
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• sons of Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Pretaloka (realm of the departed)
• arrows (iṣu)