Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तत: शरसहस्राणि कर्णमुक्तानि मारिष । व्ययोजयन्त पज्चालानू्‌ प्राणै: प्राणभूतां वर,प्राणधारियोंमें श्रेष्ठ मान्यवर नरेश! तदनन्तर कर्णके छोड़े हुए सहस्रों बाण पांचालोंको प्राणहीन करने लगे

Transliteration

tataḥ śarasahasrāṇi karṇamuktāni māriṣa | vyayojayanta pāñcālān prāṇaiḥ prāṇabhṛtāṃ vara ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, O venerable one—best among those who bear life—thousands of arrows released by Karṇa began to sever the Pāñcālas from their very breath, striking them down in the fury of battle.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: indeclinable (ablatival adverb)

• शर: arrow
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: masculine; stem-form (in compound)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र
• Form: neuter; nominative; plural

• कर्ण: Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: masculine; stem-form (in compound)

• मुक्तानि: released, shot
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: past passive participle; neuter; nominative; plural

• मारिष: O noble sir
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारिष
• Form: masculine; vocative; singular

• व्ययोजयन्त: they separated/disjoined (i.e., deprived)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + युज्
• Form: imperfect (laṅ); 3rd person; plural; parasmaipada

• पाञ्चालान्: the Panchalas
• पाञ्चालान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल
• Form: masculine; accusative; plural

• प्राणैः: from (their) lives / by (their) life-breaths
• प्राणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण
• Form: masculine; instrumental; plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• Pāñcālas
• arrows (śara)