Shloka 33

द्रोणपुत्रस्याग्नेयास्त्रप्रयोगः — अर्जुनस्य ब्राह्मास्त्रप्रतिघातः — व्यासोपदेशः

Aśvatthāmā’s Agneyāstra, Arjuna’s Brāhmāstra Counter, and Vyāsa’s Instruction

Devanagari script

त्रासयन्‌ रथघोषेण क्षत्रियान क्षत्रियर्षभ: । राजीवलोचनं कर्ण सात्यकि: प्रत्यविध्यत,अपने रथकी घर्घराहटसे क्षत्रियोंकों भयभीत करते हुए क्षत्रियशिरोमणि सात्यकिने कमललोचन कर्णको अच्छी तरह घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

trāsayan rathaghoṣeṇa kṣatriyān kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ | rājīvalocanaṃ karṇaṃ sātyakiḥ pratyavidhyat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: With the thunder of his chariot, Sātyaki—bull among warriors—struck fear into the kṣatriyas and then powerfully pierced Karṇa, the lotus-eyed hero.

Word by Word

• त्रासयन्: frightening, causing fear
• त्रासयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रासय् (त्रस् + णिच्)
• Form: Present (vartamāna), Parasmaipada (active), शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रथघोषेण: by the sound/roar of the chariot
• रथघोषेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथघोष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• क्षत्रियान्: the Kshatriyas (warriors)
• क्षत्रियान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• क्षत्रियर्षभः: the bull among Kshatriyas (best of warriors)
• क्षत्रियर्षभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रियर्षभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजीवलोचनम्: lotus-eyed
• राजीवलोचनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राजीवलोचन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कर्णम्: Karna
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सात्यकिः: Satyaki
• सात्यकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रत्यविध्यत्: pierced, struck (well/fully)
• प्रत्यविध्यत्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + व्यध् (प्रति-उपसर्ग सहित)
• Form: Imperfect (laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada (active)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sātyaki
• Karṇa
• kṣatriyas
• chariot (ratha)