Shloka 753

Devanagari script

अभ्मवृष्टिभिरत्युग्र: सूतपुत्रमवाकिरत्‌ । उस दिव्यास्त्रद्वारा दूर फेंका गया वह पर्वतराज क्षणभरमें अदृश्य हो गया और पुनः आकाशमें इन्द्रधनुषसहित काला मेघ बनकर वह अत्यन्त भयंकर राक्षस सूतपुत्र कर्णपर पत्थरोंकी वर्षा करने लगा

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | abhmavṛṣṭibhir atyugraḥ sūtaputram avākirat |

Translation

Sañjaya said: With a most dreadful shower of stones, he pelted Karṇa, the charioteer’s son. Though that mountain-king had been hurled far away by a divine missile and vanished for a moment, it reappeared in the sky as a dark cloud accompanied by a rainbow, and that exceedingly terrifying rākṣasa again began to rain stones upon Karṇa.

Word by Word

• अभ्मवृष्टिभिः: with showers of stones/rocks
• अभ्मवृष्टिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्मवृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• अति-उग्रः: exceedingly fierce
• अति-उग्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति-उग्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सूतपुत्रम्: the charioteer’s son (Karna)
• सूतपुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतपुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अवाकिरत्: showered/strewn upon
• अवाकिरत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + √कॄ (किरति)
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa (Sūtaputra)
• divyāstra (divine weapon)
• parvatarāja (mountain-king)
• indradhanuṣ (rainbow)
• kāla megha (dark cloud)
• stone-rain (abhmavṛṣṭi)
• rākṣasa (terrifying being)