Shloka 50

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

तेषामाददत: प्राणानासीदाधिरथेरवपु:

Transliteration

teṣām ādadatāḥ prāṇān āsīd ādhirather vapuḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: As he was taking away their lives, the very body of Ādhiratha’s son (Karna) became a fearsome instrument of death—signaling the grim momentum of battle where prowess, not pity, governs the field.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• आददतः: of (him) taking away
• आददतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्राणान्: lives, vital breaths
• प्राणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• आसीत्: was
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• आधिरथेः: of Ādhiratha (Karna)
• आधिरथेः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun (Proper/Patronymic)
• Root: आधिरथि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वपुः: body, form
• वपुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna (Ādhiratha’s son)