Shloka 9

अर्जुनस्य शीघ्रप्रयाणं भीम-शकुनियुद्धं च

Arjuna’s Rapid Advance and the Bhīma–Śakuni Encounter

Devanagari script

नकुलस्तु ततः क्रुद्धस्तव पुत्र च सप्तभि: । जघान समरे राजन्‌ सहदेवश्व पठ्चभि:,राजन! तत्पश्चात्‌ समरभूमिमें आपके पुत्रको क्रोधमें भरे हुए नकुलने सात और सहदेवने पाँच बाण मारे

Transliteration

nakulas tu tataḥ kruddhas tava putraṃ ca saptabhiḥ | jaghāna samare rājan sahadevaś ca pañcabhiḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Nakula, inflamed with anger, struck your son in the battle with seven arrows; and Sahadeva struck him with five, O King.

Word by Word

• नकुलः: Nakula
• नकुलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ततः: then/from there/thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• सप्तभिः: with seven (arrows)
• सप्तभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• जघान: struck/slew
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सहदेवः: Sahadeva
• सहदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पञ्चभिः: with five (arrows)
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: Masculine/Feminine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• tava putra (a Kaurava prince)