Shloka 263

कर्णस्य सेनापत्याभिषेकः | Karṇa’s Consecration as Commander-in-Chief

Devanagari script

लक्ष्मणेन हतो राजंस्तव पौत्रेण भारत । भरतवंशी नरेश! आपके पौजत्र लक्ष्मणने युद्धमें योद्धाओंके स्वामी क्षत्रदेवको, जो शिखण्डीका पुत्र था, मार डाला

Transliteration

lakṣmaṇena hato rājan tava pautreṇa bhārata |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, O scion of Bharata, your grandson Lakṣmaṇa has slain the warrior-lord Kṣatradeva in battle—the son of Śikhaṇḍī.”

Word by Word

• लक्ष्मणेन: by Lakshmana
• लक्ष्मणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• हतः: killed/slain
• हतः: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, kta (past passive participle)

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

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पौत्रेण: by (your) grandson
• पौत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• भारत: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Lakṣmaṇa (son of Duryodhana)
• Kṣatradeva