Shloka 16

Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 58 — Arjuna’s Arrow-Storm and Relief of Bhīmasena

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा विनिहतं बाणं शरै: कर्णो विशाम्पते । सात्यकिं शरवर्षेण समन्तात्‌ पर्यवारयत्‌,प्रजापालक नरेश! सात्यकिके बाणोंसे अपने बाणको नष्ट हुआ देख कर्णने चारों ओरसे बाण बरसाकर सात्यकिको ढक दिया

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā vinihataṃ bāṇaṃ śaraiḥ karṇo viśāmpate | sātyakiṃ śaravarṣeṇa samantāt paryavārayat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing his missile shattered by Sātyaki’s arrows, Karṇa, O lord of the people, countered by pouring a rain of shafts from every side, hemming Sātyaki in on all directions.

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), कर्तरि

• विनिहतम्: destroyed, struck down
• विनिहतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनिहत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बाणम्: arrow
• बाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सात्यकिम्: Satyaki
• सात्यकिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शरवर्षेण: by a shower of arrows
• शरवर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरवर्ष
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• समन्तात्: on all sides, from every direction
• समन्तात्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात्

• पर्यवारयत्: covered/surrounded/hemmed in
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + वृ (वारयति)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), परस्मैपद, 3rd, Singular, कर्तरि

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Sātyaki
• arrows (bāṇa/śara)