Shloka 55

Devanagari script

तत: क्षणेन क्षितिपा: क्षतजप्रतिमेक्षणा: । कर्ण ववर्षुर्बाणौचैर्यथा मेघा महीधरम्‌,यह देख पांचालनरेशोंके नेत्र रोषसे लाल हो गये। जैसे बादल पर्वतपर पानी बरसाते हैं, उसी प्रकार वे क्षणभरमें कर्णपर बाणसमूहोंकी वर्षा करने लगे

Transliteration

tataḥ kṣaṇena kṣitipāḥ kṣatajapratimekṣaṇāḥ | karṇaṁ vavarṣur bāṇaughair yathā meghā mahīdharam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, in a moment, the kings—whose eyes were blood-red with wrath—poured volleys of arrows upon Karṇa, just as rain-bearing clouds shower a mountain.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: avyaya

• क्षणेन: in a moment
• क्षणेन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• क्षितिपाः: kings
• क्षितिपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षितिप
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• क्षतज-प्रतिम-ईक्षणाः: having eyes like blood (blood-red-eyed)
• क्षतज-प्रतिम-ईक्षणाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षतज + प्रतिम + ईक्षण
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• कर्णम्: Karna
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• ववर्षुः: rained down, showered
• ववर्षुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृष् (वर्षति)
• Form: perfect (लिट्), 3rd person, plural, parasmaipada

• बाण-ओघैः: with floods/masses of arrows
• बाण-ओघैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण + ओघ
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: avyaya

• मेघाः: clouds
• मेघाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• महीधरम्: mountain
• महीधरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीधर
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Karna
• Panchala kings (implied by context)
• arrows
• clouds
• mountain