Shloka 2

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

Devanagari script

तेषां प्रयतमानानां राधेयस्य निवारणे । रथान्‌ पञ्चशतान्‌ कर्ण: प्राहिणोद्‌ यमसादनम्‌,राधापुत्र कर्णको रोकनेके लिये प्रयत्न करनेवाले पाँच सौ रथियोंको उसने यमलोक पहुँचा दिया

Transliteration

teṣāṁ prayatamānānāṁ rādheyasya nivāraṇe | rathān pañcaśatān karṇaḥ prāhiṇod yamasādanam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: As those warriors strove to check Rādheya (Karna), Karna dispatched five hundred chariot-fighters to the abode of Yama—an image of the battlefield’s ruthless finality, where valor and effort are swallowed by the inexorable law of death in war.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• प्रयतमानानाम्: of those striving/endeavouring
• प्रयतमानानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-यत् (यत्)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• राधेयस्य: of Rādheya (Karna)
• राधेयस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• निवारणे: in the restraining/warding off
• निवारणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नि-वारण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रथान्: chariots (i.e., chariot-warriors)
• रथान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पञ्च: five
• Type: Numeral
• Root: पञ्चन्
• Form: true

• शतान्: hundreds
• शतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• प्राहिणोत्: sent forth/dispatched
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हि (हिणोति)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यमसादनम्: to Yama’s abode (death)
• यमसादनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम-सादन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna (Rādheya)
• Yama (as 'Yamasādana')
• chariots/chariot-warriors (rathāḥ)