Shloka 87

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

तत्र याहि यत: कर्णो द्रावयत्येष नो बलम्‌ । वर्जयित्वा रणे याहि सूतपुत्रं महारथम्‌

Transliteration

tatra yāhi yataḥ karṇo drāvayaty eṣa no balam | varjayitvā raṇe yāhi sūtaputraṁ mahāratham ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Go there—where Karṇa is routing our forces. In the thick of battle, go and confront that great chariot-warrior, the son of a charioteer.”

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• याहि: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Lot, 2, singular, Parasmaipada

• यतः: from where / because
• यतः: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• द्रावयति: drives away / routs
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु
• Form: Lat, 3, singular, Parasmaipada, Causative (णिच्)

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• नः: of us / our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, plural

• बलम्: army / force
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• वर्जयित्वा: having avoided / excluding
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृज्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Causative (णिच्)

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• याहि: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Lot, 2, singular, Parasmaipada

• सूतपुत्रम्: the charioteer’s son
• सूतपुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतपुत्र
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• महारथम्: the great chariot-warrior
• महारथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Karna
• our army (Pāṇḍava forces, implied)
• battlefield (raṇa)