Shloka 473

Devanagari script

अभाग्यस्येव संकल्पस्तन्मोघमपतद्‌ भुवि । परंतु अत्यन्त वेगसे फेंका गया वह घूमता हुआ चक्र कर्णके बाणोंद्वारा आहत हो भाग्यहीनके संकल्पकी भाँति व्यर्थ होकर पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ा

Transliteration

abhāgyasyeva saṅkalpas tanmogham apatat bhuvi | parantu atyanta-vegena pheṅkā gayaḥ sa ghoṣṭamānaḥ cakraḥ karṇasya bāṇair āhataḥ bhāgyahīnasya saṅkalpavat vyarthaḥ bhūmau nipapāta ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Like the resolve of an unfortunate man, it came to nothing and fell to the ground. Though that discus had been hurled with tremendous force and was spinning as it flew, it was struck by Karṇa’s arrows and, becoming futile like a luckless intention, dropped upon the earth.

Word by Word

अभाग्यस्यof misfortune / of the unlucky one

इवlike, as if

संकल्पःresolve, intention

तत्that (it)

मोघम्vain, futile

अपतत्fell

भुविon the earth, on the ground

परम्but, however

तुindeed, but

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Karṇa

cakra (discus)

bāṇa (arrows)

bhūmi (earth/ground)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes