Shloka 38

Devanagari script

शरैश्छिन्नानि गात्राणि विहरिष्यन्ति केशव । “केशव! आज चक्रवाक तथा भिन्न-भिन्न मांसभोजी पक्षी बाणोंसे कटे हुए कर्णके अंगोंको उठा ले जायूँगे ।। अद्य राधासुतस्याहं संग्रामे मधुसूदन

Transliteration

śaraiś chinnāni gātrāṇi viharīṣyanti keśava | adya cakravākā tathā bhinna-bhinna-māṃsa-bhojinaḥ pakṣiṇaḥ bāṇaiḥ kaṭe rādheya-sutasya aṅgāni utthāya neṣyanti ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Keśava, limbs severed by arrows will be strewn about. Today the cakravāka birds, and other flesh-eating birds of various kinds, will lift and carry away the arrow-cut limbs of Rādheya’s son (Karna) from the battlefield.”

Word by Word

• शरैः: by arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• छिन्नानि: cut off
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• गात्राणि: limbs
• गात्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• विहरिष्यन्ति: will roam / will move about
• Type: Verb
• Root: विहृ
• Form: Simple future (लृट्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• केशव: O Keshava
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• राधासुतस्य: of Radha's son (Karna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधासुत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मधुसूदन: O Madhusudana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Rādheya-suta (Karṇa)
• śara/bāṇa (arrows)
• cakravāka birds
• carnivorous birds (pakṣiṇaḥ)