Shloka 8

कर्णार्जुनसमागमः — The Karṇa–Arjuna Confrontation

Cosmic Spectatorship and Vows

Devanagari script

स दिश: प्रदिशश्वैव च्छादयित्वा हाुजिदह्ागै: । वासुदेवं त्रिभिर्बाणैरविध्यद्‌ दक्षिणे भुजे,उसने सीधे जानेवाले बाणोंके द्वारा सम्पूर्ण दिशाओं और कोणोंको आच्छादित करके श्रीकृष्णकी दाहिनी भुजामें तीन बाण मारे

Transliteration

sa diśaḥ pradiśaś caiva chādayitvā hājidahāgaiḥ | vāsudevaṃ tribhir bāṇair avidhyad dakṣiṇe bhuje ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Covering the quarters and the intermediate directions with his swift, straight-flying arrows, he struck Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) with three shafts on the right arm—an act that heightens the battle’s ferocity and shows that even Arjuna’s charioteer faced peril under the relentless code of war.

Word by Word

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

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रदिशः: intermediate directions (quarters)
• प्रदिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च्छादयित्वा: having covered/veiled
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• अजिह्मगैः: with straight-going (un-crooked) [arrows]
• अजिह्मगैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजिह्मग
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• वासुदेवम्: Vasudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अविध्यत्: pierced/struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

• दक्षिणे: in/on the right
• दक्षिणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• भुजे: arm
• भुजे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• arrows (bāṇa)
• directions/quarters (diś, pradiś)