Shloka 96

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

Devanagari script

दौ:शासनिर्महाराज सौभद्रं हतवान्‌ रणे । महाराज! क्षत्रिय-धर्ममें तत्पर रहनेवाला वीर सुभद्राकुमार अभिमन्यु रथहीन कर दिया गया था, उस अवस्थामें दुःशासनके पुत्रने उसे रणभूमिमें मारा था

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | dauḥśāsanir mahārāja saubhadraṃ hatavān raṇe | mahārāja! kṣatriya-dharme tatparaḥ vīraḥ subhadrā-kumāraḥ abhimanyuḥ rathahīnaḥ kṛtaḥ; tām avasthāṃ prāpya dauḥśāsanasya putreṇa sa raṇabhūmau hataḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, the son of Duhśāsana slew Saubhadra in battle. Though Abhimanyu—the heroic son of Subhadra—was steadfast in kṣatriya-dharma, he had been deprived of his chariot; and in that helpless state, Duhśāsana’s son killed him on the battlefield.

Word by Word

• दौःशासनिः: Dauḥśāsani (son of Duḥśāsana)
• दौःशासनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दौःशासनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सौभद्रम्: the son of Subhadrā (Abhimanyu)
• सौभद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभद्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हतवान्: killed / slew
• हतवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Masculine, Nominative, कृत्-प्रत्यय: क्तवतु (past active participle used with perfect sense)

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Dhritarashtra
• Duhshasana
• Duhshasana's son
• Subhadra
• Abhimanyu
• chariot
• battlefield