Shloka 9

नारायणास्त्र-शमनं द्रौणि-प्रहारश्च

Pacification of the Nārāyaṇāstra and Drauni’s Renewed Assault

Devanagari script

श्यालस्तु तव संक्रुद्धो माद्रीपुत्रं हसन्निव । कर्णिनिकेन विव्याध हृदये निशितेन ह,तदनन्तर अत्यन्त क्रोधमें भरकर हँसते हुए-से आपके सालेने एक तीखे कर्णी नामक बाणसे माद्रीपुत्र नकुलकी छातीमें गहरा आघात किया

Transliteration

śyālas tu tava saṅkruddho mādrīputraṃ hasann iva | karṇinikena vivyādha hṛdaye niśitena ha ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Your brother-in-law, inflamed with anger, as though laughing, struck Mādrī’s son Nakula in the region of the heart with a sharp arrow of the karṇinī type.

Word by Word

• श्यालः: brother-in-law
• श्यालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्याल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle, used adjectivally)

• माद्रीपुत्रम्: Madrī's son (Nakula)
• माद्रीपुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माद्रीपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हसन्: laughing
• Type: Verb
• Root: हस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• कर्णिनिकेन: with a 'kārṇinika' arrow
• कर्णिनिकेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिनिक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• विव्याध: pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• हृदये: in the heart/chest
• हृदये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• निशितेन: sharp
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular, क्त (past passive participle, used adjectivally)

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'tava')
• Śyāla (your brother-in-law)
• Mādrī
• Nakula (Mādrī’s son)
• Karṇinī arrow