Shloka 21
Devanagari script
धनुर्ज्या चन्द्रताराड़का पताकाकिड्किणीयुता । पश्य कर्णार्जुनस्यैषा सौदामन्यम्बरे यथा,“कर्ण! देखो, अर्जुनके धनुषकी यह प्रत्यंचा तथा चन्द्रमा और तारोंसे चिह्नित यह रथकी पताका है, जिसमें छोटी-छोटी घंटियाँ लगी हैं, वह आकाशमें बिजलीके समान चमक रही है
Transliteration
dhanurjyā candratārāṅkitā patākā kiṅkiṇīyutā | paśya karṇārjunasya eṣā saudāmanī ambare yathā ||
Translation
“O Karṇa, look—this bowstring and this chariot-banner marked with the moon and stars, adorned with tiny bells, flashes in the sky like lightning.”
Word by Word
धनुःbow
धनुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधनुस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ज्याbowstring
ज्या:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootज्या
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
चन्द्रmoon
चन्द्र:
TypeNoun
Rootचन्द्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ताराstars
तारा:
TypeNoun
Rootतारा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
अङ्किताmarked/inscribed (with)
अङ्किता:
TypeAdjective
Rootअङ्कित
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पताकाbanner/flag
पताका:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपताका
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
किङ्किणीwith small bells
किङ्किणी:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकिङ्किणी
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Plural
युताendowed/attached (with)
युता:
TypeAdjective
Rootयुत
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पश्यsee! behold!
पश्य:
TypeVerb
Rootपश्
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
कर्णO Karna
कर्ण:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootकर्ण
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
अर्जुनस्यof Arjuna
अर्जुनस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootअर्जुन
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
एषाthis
एषा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सौदामनीlightning
सौदामनी:
TypeNoun
Rootसौदामनी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अम्बरेin the sky
अम्बरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअम्बर
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
यथाas/like
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
Speaker
अजुन उवाच
Characters & Entities
A
ArjunaK
KarnaB
bowstring (dhanurjyā)C
chariot-banner/standard (patākā)M
moon (candra)S
stars (tārāḥ)B
bells (kiṅkiṇī)S
sky (ambara)L
lightning (saudāmanī)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes