Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त: श्वसन्‌ क्रोधान्महेष्वासतमो नृप । पार्थेन परुषं वाक्‍्यं सर्वमर्मभिदा गिरा,नरेश्वर! जब अर्जुनने सारे मर्मस्थानोंको विदीर्ण कर देनेवाली वाणीद्वारा उससे ऐसी कठोर बात कह दी, तब श्रेष्ठ महाधनुर्धर अश्व॒त्थामा क्रोधके मारे लंबी साँस लेने लगा

Transliteration

evam uktaḥ śvasan krodhān maheṣvāsatamo nṛpa | pārthena paruṣaṁ vākyaṁ sarvamarmabhidā girā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Thus addressed, O king, the foremost of great bowmen began to breathe hard in anger, after Pārtha had spoken to him harshly—words that struck at every vital point.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• उक्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त, passive/resultative, masculine, nominative, singular

• श्वसन्: breathing
• श्वसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्वस्
• Form: शतृ, active, masculine, nominative, singular

• क्रोधात्: from/owing to anger
• क्रोधात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• महेष्वासतमः: the foremost great archer
• महेष्वासतमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महेष्वासतम
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• पार्थेन: by Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• परुषम्: harsh
• परुषम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परुष
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• वाक्यम्: speech/words
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• मर्मभिदा: with (a speech) that pierces vital points
• मर्मभिदा: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मर्मभिद्
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• गिरा: by speech/utterance
• गिरा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर्
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna (Pārtha)
• Aśvatthāmā
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'nṛpa')