Shloka 11

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५७

Arjuna’s targeted advance; Śalya–Karṇa dialogue; interception attempts

Devanagari script

पश्य भारत चापानि रुक्मपृष्ठानि धन्विनाम्‌ | मृतानामपविद्धानि कलापांश्व महाधनान्‌,“भरतनन्दन! देखो, मरे हुए धनुर्धरोंके ये सोनेके पृष्ठभागवाले धनुष और बहुमूल्य तरकस फेंके पड़े हैं

Transliteration

paśya bhārata cāpāni rukmapṛṣṭhāni dhanvinām | mṛtānām apaviddhāni kalāpāṁś ca mahādhanān ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Behold, O Bhārata—here lie the bows of the archers, their backs plated with gold, cast away after their owners have fallen; and here too are the costly quivers, flung aside.”

Word by Word

• पश्य: see / behold
• पश्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (दृश्-अर्थे)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• भारत: O Bharata
• भारत: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• चापानि: bows
• चापानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाप
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• रुक्मपृष्ठानि: gold-backed (having golden backs)
• रुक्मपृष्ठानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुक्मपृष्ठ
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• धन्विनाम्: of the bowmen
• धन्विनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन्विन्
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• मृतानाम्: of the dead
• मृतानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (√मृ)
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• अपविद्धानि: cast away / thrown aside
• अपविद्धानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप-√विध् (विध्/व्यध् अर्थे) → अपविद्ध
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• कलापान्: quivers
• कलापान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलाप
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

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

• महाधनान्: very valuable / of great wealth
• महाधनान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाधन
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhārata (Dhṛtarāṣṭra as addressee)
• bows (cāpa)
• quivers (kalāpa)
• dead archers (dhanvin)