Shloka 88

Devanagari script

स पार्थबाणैरविनिपातितायुधो ध्वजावमर्दे च कृते महाहवे । कृत: कृपो बाणसहस्रयन्त्रितो यथा55पगेय: प्रथमं किरीटिना,उस महासमरमें अर्जुनके बाणोंद्वारा जब कृपाचार्यके आयुध नीचे गिरा दिये गये और ध्वज खण्डित कर दिया गया, उस समय किरीटधारी अर्जुनने जैसे पहले भीष्मजीको सहस्रों बाणोंसे आवेष्टित कर दिया था, उसी प्रकार कृपाचार्यको हजारों बाणोंसे बाँध-सा लिया

Transliteration

sa pārthabāṇair avinipātitāyudho dhvajāvamarde ca kṛte mahāhave | kṛtaḥ kṛpo bāṇasahasrayantrito yathā śayageyaḥ prathamaṃ kirīṭinā ||

Translation

Karna said: In that great battle, when Kṛpa’s weapons were struck down by Arjuna’s arrows and his banner was shattered, the diademed Arjuna bound Kripacharya fast with thousands of shafts—just as he had earlier pinned down Bhishma with a dense net of arrows.

Word by Word

सःhe (Kripa)

पार्थ-बाणैःby Arjuna's arrows

अविनिपातित-आयुधःwhose weapons had been made to fall down

ध्वज-अवमर्देin/at the crushing of the banner

चand

कृतेwhen done / having been done

महाहवेin the great battle

कृतःmade / rendered

कृपःKripa

बाण-सहस्र-यन्त्रितःbound/hemmed in by a thousand arrows

यथाas / just as

अपगेयःto be sung/celebrated (reading uncertain)

प्रथमम्formerly / at first

किरीटिनाby the diadem-wearer (Arjuna)

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

Karna

Arjuna (Pārtha, Kirīṭin)

Kripacharya (Kṛpa)

Bhishma

Arrows (bāṇa)

Weapons (āyudha)

Banner/standard (dhvaja)

Battlefield (mahāhava)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes