Shloka 6

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

Devanagari script

हतशेषस्य भीष्मेण द्रोणेन च महात्मना । अर्ध निहत्य सैन्यस्य कर्णो वैकर्तनो हतः:,भीष्म और महात्मा द्रोणके मारनेसे जो पाण्डव-सेना बच गयी थी, उसके आधे भागका विनाश करके वैकर्तन कर्ण मारा गया है

Transliteration

hataśeṣasya bhīṣmeṇa droṇena ca mahātmanā | ardhaṃ nihatya sainyasya karṇo vaikartano hataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: After Bhīṣma and the great-souled Droṇa had cut down the army so that only a remnant remained, Vaikartana Karṇa destroyed half of that remnant—and then was himself slain.

Word by Word

• हतशेषस्य: of what remained after being slain
• हतशेषस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत-शेष
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भीष्मेण: by Bhishma
• भीष्मेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• द्रोणेन: by Drona
• द्रोणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महात्मना: by the great-souled (one)
• महात्मना: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अर्धम्: half
• अर्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• निहत्य: having slain/destroyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Active, Non-finite

• सैन्यस्य: of the army
• सैन्यस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वैकर्तनः: Vaikartana (son of the cutter; epithet of Karna)
• वैकर्तनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकर्तन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Droṇa
• Karṇa (Vaikartana)
• Pāṇḍava army