Shloka 46

Devanagari script

अततश्र प्रहितो युद्धे मया कर्णाय राक्षस: । न हान्यः समरे रात्रौ शक्त: कर्ण प्रबाधितुम्‌

Transliteration

Atataśra prahito yuddhe mayā Karṇāya rākṣasaḥ | na hānyaḥ samare rātrau śaktaḥ Karṇa-prabādhitum ||

Translation

Vāyu-deva said: “In the midst of battle I dispatched the rākṣasa Atataśra against Karṇa. Yet in the night-fighting of war, no one is capable of slaying him or even effectively checking Karṇa’s advance.”

Word by Word

• अततश्च: therefore, hence
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः
• Form: Avyaya

• प्रहितः: sent, dispatched
• प्रहितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• कर्णाय: for Karna
• कर्णाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• राक्षसः: a demon (Rakshasa)
• राक्षसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: Avyaya

• अन्यः: another (person)
• अन्यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• रात्रौ: at night
• रात्रौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• शक्तः: able, capable
• शक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• प्रबाधितुम्: to harass, to trouble, to oppress
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-बाध्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

Speaker

श्रीवायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Atataśra
• Karṇa
• rākṣasa (as a class/being)