Shloka 8

Karṇa’s Camp-Council Discourse: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament, Sañjaya’s Counsel, and Karṇa’s Request for Śalya

Book 8, Chapter 22

Devanagari script

अथान्यद्‌ धनुरादाय सहदेव: प्रतापवान्‌ | दुःशासनाय चिक्षेप बाणमन्तकरं ततः,तदनन्तर प्रतापी सहदेवने दूसरा धनुष लेकर दुःशासनपर एक विनाशकारी बाणका प्रहार किया

Transliteration

athānyad dhanur ādāya sahadevaḥ pratāpavān | duḥśāsanāya cikṣepa bāṇam antakaraṃ tataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Then the valiant Sahadeva took up another bow and hurled a death-dealing arrow at Duhshasana.”

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अन्यत्: another (one)
• अन्यत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• सहदेवः: Sahadeva
• सहदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: valiant, mighty
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दुःशासनाय: to/at Duhshasana
• दुःशासनाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• चिक्षेप: threw, hurled
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बाणम्: arrow
• बाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अन्तकरम्: death-dealing, destructive
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तकर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Sahadeva
• Duhśāsana
• dhanuḥ (bow)
• bāṇa (arrow)