Shloka 54

कर्णनिधनश्रवणम् — Hearing of Karṇa’s Fall and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament

Devanagari script

यथा कृष्णेन नरको मुरुश्न नरकारिणा । कार्तवीर्यश्ष॒ रामेण भार्गवेण यथा हत:

Transliteration

yathā kṛṣṇena narako muruśna narakāriṇā | kārtavīryaś ca rāmeṇa bhārgaveṇa yathā hataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Just as Naraka was slain by Kṛṣṇa—the destroyer of Naraka—and just as Kārtavīrya was slain by Rāma Bhārgava (Paraśurāma), so too (in this manner) was he brought down.”

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• कृष्णेन: by Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• नरकः: Naraka (the demon/king)
• नरकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुरुश्नः: Muruśna (proper name/epithet)
• मुरुश्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुरुश्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरकारिणा: by the slayer of Naraka
• नरकारिणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरकारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• कार्तवीर्यः: Kārtavīrya (Arjuna)
• कार्तवीर्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तवीर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रामेण: by Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• रामेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भार्गवेण: by the Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)
• भार्गवेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• हतः: was slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛṣṇa
• Naraka
• Narakāri (epithet of Kṛṣṇa)
• Muruśna
• Kārtavīrya (Arjuna Kārtavīrya)
• Rāma Bhārgava (Paraśurāma)