Shloka 22

कर्णार्जुनसमागमः — The Karṇa–Arjuna Confrontation

Cosmic Spectatorship and Vows

Devanagari script

स पपात तदा भूमौ निकृत्त: पार्थसायकै: । विकीर्ण: पर्वतो राजन्‌ यथा वज्नेण ताडित:,नरेश्वर! जैसे वज्गका मारा हुआ पर्वत टूट-फूटकर सब ओर बिखर जाता है, उसी प्रकार अर्जुनके बाणोंसे कटा हुआ वह परिघ उस समय पृथ्वीपर गिर पड़ा

Transliteration

sa papāta tadā bhūmau nikṛttaḥ pārthasāyakaiḥ | vikīrṇaḥ parvato rājan yathā vajreṇa tāḍitaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, O King, that iron club (parigha), hewn apart by Arjuna’s arrows, fell to the ground. Shattered and scattered, it lay like a mountain struck by Indra’s thunderbolt.

Word by Word

• सः: he/that one
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पपात: fell
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• भूमौ: on the ground/earth
• भूमौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• निकृत्तः: cut off, severed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + कृद् (कृन्त्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• पार्थसायकैः: by Arjuna's arrows
• पार्थसायकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ-सायक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विकीर्णः: scattered, dispersed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + कृ (कीर्/कॄ) (विकीर्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• पर्वतः: a mountain
• पर्वतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• वज्रेण: by a thunderbolt
• वज्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ताडितः: struck, smitten
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताड्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• sāyaka (arrows)
• parigha (iron club/mace-like weapon)
• vajra (Indra’s thunderbolt)
• parvata (mountain)
• bhūmi (earth)