Shloka 25

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

Devanagari script

तं कर्णो भ्रातरश्चास्य नामृष्यन्त परंतप । ते भीमसेन नाराचैर्जघ्नुराशीविषोपमै:

Transliteration

taṃ karṇo bhrātaraś cāsya nāmṛṣyanta paraṃtapa | te bhīmasenaṃ nārācair jaghnur āśīviṣopamaiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Karṇa and his brothers could not endure it. O scorcher of foes, they struck Bhīmasena with nārāca arrows, like venomous serpents.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्य: of him / his
• अस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• अमृष्यन्त: they endured / they tolerated
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृष्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Parasmaipada, Third, Plural

• परंतप: O scorcher of foes
• परंतप: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भीमसेनम्: Bhimasena
• भीमसेनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नाराचैः: with iron arrows
• नाराचैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• जघ्नुः: they struck / they slew
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Parasmaipada, Third, Plural

• आशीविषोपमैः: like venomous serpents
• आशीविषोपमैः: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशीविषोपम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna
• Karna's brothers
• Bhīmasena (Bhīma)
• nārāca arrows
• venomous serpents (simile)