Shloka 553

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

विव्यधु: कर्णमासाद्य त्रिभिस्त्रिभिरजिद्वागै: । इसी समय धृष्टद्युम्न, भीम तथा महारथी सात्यकिने भी कर्णके पास पहुँचकर उसे तीन-तीन बाणोंसे घायल कर दिया

Transliteration

vivyadhuḥ karṇam āsādya tribhis tribhir ajidvāgaiḥ | asmin samaye dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ bhīmaś ca mahārathī sātyakiś ca api karṇasya samīpam upetya taṃ tribhis tribhir bāṇaiḥ viddhvā vyathayām āsuḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Reaching Karṇa, they pierced him with three arrows each—swift as victorious speech. At that very moment, Dhṛṣṭadyumna, Bhīma, and the great chariot-warrior Sātyaki also came up to Karṇa and struck him, each with three arrows.

Word by Word

• विव्यधुः: they pierced/wounded
• विव्यधुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध् (विध्)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

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

• आसाद्य: having approached
• आसाद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद्
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (ल्यप्), Parasmaipada (absolutive), having approached/reached

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• त्रिभिः: with three (each)
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अजिद्वागैः: with Ajidvagas (a kind of arrows/shafts; reading uncertain)
• अजिद्वागैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजिद्वाग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Bhīma
• Sātyaki
• arrows (bāṇa)