Shloka 4

भीष्मपातने कर्णविलापः | Karṇa’s Lament upon Seeing Bhīṣma Fallen

Devanagari script

स्रोतसा यामुनेनेव शरौघेण परिप्लुतम्‌ । महेन्द्रेणेव मैनाकमसहां भुवि पातितम्‌,वे यमुनाके जलप्रवाहके समान बाणसमूहसे व्याप्त हो रहे थे। उन्हें देखकर ऐसा जान पड़ता था, मानो महेन्द्रने असह्य मैनाक पर्वतको धरतीपर गिरा दिया हो

Transliteration

srotasā yāmuneneva śaraughena pariplutam | mahendreṇeva mainākam asahāṃ bhuvi pātitam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “It was flooded by a torrent of arrows, like a current of the Yamunā in full flow. To behold it was as though Mahendra (Indra) had hurled down to the earth the unendurable mountain Maināka.”

Word by Word

• स्रोतसा: by the stream/current
• स्रोतसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रोतस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• यामुनेन: Yamuna-related (of the Yamuna)
• यामुनेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यामुन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• इव: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• शरौघेण: by a flood/mass of arrows
• शरौघेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर-ओघ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• परिप्लुतम्: flooded/overwhelmed
• परिप्लुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि+प्लु (क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महेन्द्रेण: by Mahendra (Indra)
• महेन्द्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• इव: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• मैनाकम्: Mainaka (mountain)
• मैनाकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैनाक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• असहाम्: unbearable/irresistible
• असहाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असह
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• भुवि: on the earth/ground
• भुवि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पातितम्: caused to fall; felled
• पातितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (णिच्) + (क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yamunā (river)
• Indra (Mahendra)
• Maināka (mountain)
• arrows (śara)