Shloka 55

अध्याय ९ — कर्णस्य प्रहारः, योधयुग्मनियोजनम्, शैनेय-कैकेययोर्युद्धविन्यासः

Devanagari script

ध्रुवं तस्य धनुश्छिन्न॑ रथो वापि महीं गत: । अस्त्राणि वा प्रणष्टानि यथा शंससि मे हतम्‌,निश्चय ही उसका धनुष कट गया होगा या रथ धरतीमें धँस गया होगा अथवा उसके अस्त्र नष्ट हो गये होंगे, तभी जैसा कि तुम मुझे बता रहे हो, वह मारा गया होगा

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | dhruvaṃ tasya dhanuś chinnaṃ ratho vāpi mahīṃ gataḥ | astrāṇi vā praṇaṣṭāni yathā śaṃsasi me hatam |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Surely his bow must have been cut, or his chariot sunk into the earth, or else his weapons were lost. Only under such disabling misfortune, as you report to me, could he have been slain.”

Word by Word

ध्रुवम्surely, certainly

तस्यof him/that (person)

धनुःbow

छिन्नम्cut/broken

रथःchariot

वाor

अपिalso/even

महीम्the earth/ground

गतःgone (to), entered

अस्त्राणिweapons/missiles

वाor

प्रणष्टानिlost/destroyed

यथाas, just as

शंससिyou report/tell

मेto me / of me

हतम्killed/slain (him)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

bow (dhanuḥ)

chariot (ratha)

earth/ground (mahī)

weapons/astras (astrāṇi)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes