Shloka 47

कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line

Devanagari script

विचित्रमृतुभि: षड्भि: कृत्वा संवत्सरं धनुः । छायामेवात्मनश्षक्रे धनुज्यामक्षयां रणे,छहों ऋतुओंसे युक्त संवत्सरको विचित्र धनुष बनाकर अपनी छायाको ही महादेवजीने उस धनुषकी प्रत्यंचा बनायी, जो रणभूमिमें कभी नष्ट होनेवाली नहीं थी

Transliteration

vicitram ṛtubhiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ kṛtvā saṁvatsaraṁ dhanuḥ | chāyām evātmanaḥ śakre dhanujyām akṣayāṁ raṇe ||

Translation

Duryodhana said: “Having fashioned the year—made wondrous by its six seasons—into a bow, Śakra (Indra) made his own shadow into the bowstring, a string that would never be worn away in battle.”

Word by Word

विचित्रम्wondrous/variegated

ऋतुभिःwith seasons

षड्भिःwith six

कृत्वाhaving made

संवत्सरम्the year

धनुःas a bow

छायाम्shadow

एवindeed/only

आत्मनःof himself

शक्रेin/for Indra (Śakra)

धनुज्याम्bowstring

अक्षयाम्imperishable

रणेin battle

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

द

दुर्योधन (Duryodhana)

श

शक्र / इन्द्र (Śakra / Indra)

ध

धनुः (bow)

ध

धनुज्या (bowstring)

स

संवत्सर (the year)

ष

षडृतवः (six seasons)

छ

छाया (shadow)

र

रण (battlefield)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes