Shloka 79

Devanagari script

ते भिन्नदेहा व्यसवो निपेतु: कर्णेषुभिर्भूमितले स्वनन्त:

Transliteration

te bhinnadehā vyasavo nipetuḥ karṇeṣubhir bhūmitalē svanantaḥ

Translation

Sanjaya said: Their bodies, torn apart, fell lifeless to the ground, while the arrows lodged in their ears rang out upon the earth—an image of war’s ruthless momentum, where valor and life are severed in an instant.

Word by Word

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भिन्नदेहाः: with bodies split/cleft (torn-bodied)
• भिन्नदेहाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिन्नदेह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• व्यसवः: lifeless, dead
• व्यसवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यसु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निपेतुः: fell down
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• कर्णेषुभिः: with/through arrows (kārṇa-type shafts)
• कर्णेषुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णेषु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• भूमितले: on the ground-surface
• भूमितले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमितल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्वनन्तः: sounding, making a noise
• स्वनन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वनत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sanjaya)
• कर्णेषु (arrows/shafts, karṇa-śara)