Shloka 5636

Cakravyūha-saṃkalpaḥ, Saṃśaptaka-āhvānaṃ, Saubhadra-vikrīḍitam

Drona Parva, Adhyāya 32

Devanagari script

तेषां त्रयाणां चापानि चिच्छेद विशिखैस्त्रिभि: । तब राधानन्दन कर्णने अपने बाणोंकी वर्षद्वारा अर्जुनके बाणोंका निवारण करके अपने तीन बाणोंद्वारा धृष्टद्युम्न आदि तीनों वीरोंके धनुषोंको भी काट दिया

Transliteration

teṣāṁ trayāṇāṁ cāpāni ciccheda viśikhaiḥ tribhiḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: With three sharp arrows, Karṇa cut the bows of those three warriors. In the thick of battle, he checked Arjuna’s arrow-shower with his own volleys and then, by a precise triple shot, disabled the weapons of Dṛṣṭadyumna and the other two heroes.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of those
• तेषाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• त्रयाणाम्: of the three
• त्रयाणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चापानि: bows
• चापानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• चिच्छेद: cut (asunder)
• चिच्छेद: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विशिखैः: with arrows
• विशिखैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशिख
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Arjuna
• Dṛṣṭadyumna
• bows
• arrows