Shloka 12

कर्णपुत्रवधः (The Fall of Vṛṣasena) — Karṇa Parva, Adhyāya 62

Devanagari script

ततो5परेण भल्लेन शिरस्त्राणमपातयत्‌ | कौन्तेयस्य महेष्वास: प्रहसन्निव सूतज:,तत्पश्चात्‌ महाथनुर्धर सूतपुत्रने हँसते हुए-से एक दूसरे भल्लके द्वारा कुन्तीकुमारके शिरस्त्राणको नीचे गिरा दिया

Transliteration

tato 'pareṇa bhallena śirastrāṇam apātayat | kaunteyasya maheṣvāsaḥ prahasann iva sūtajaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, with another broad-headed arrow, the mighty archer—the charioteer’s son—struck down the helmet of the son of Kuntī, seeming to laugh as he did so. In the grim ethic of battlefield prowess, this act proclaims dominance and seeks to shake the opponent’s confidence without yet ending his life.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अपरेण: with another
• अपरेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भल्लेन: with an arrow (bhalla)
• भल्लेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• शिरस्त्राणम्: helmet, head-armor
• शिरस्त्राणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्त्राण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपातयत्: caused to fall; knocked down
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, true

• कौन्तेयस्य: of the son of Kuntī (Kuntīputra)
• कौन्तेयस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महेष्वासः: the great archer
• महेष्वासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेष्वास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रहसन्: laughing
• प्रहसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हस्
• Form: Present active (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• सूतजः: the charioteer’s son (Karna)
• सूतजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna (sūtajaḥ)
• Arjuna (kaunteya)
• bhalla (arrow)
• śirastrāṇa (helmet)