Shloka 476

शल्यपरिघातः (Śalya Under Encirclement) — Mahābhārata, Śalya-parva, Adhyāya 12

Devanagari script

विव्याध निशितैर्बाणै्न्तुकामो महारथम्‌ | महाराज! तदनन्तर राजा शल्यने महारथी धर्मपुत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरको मार डालनेकी इच्छासे पैने बाणोंद्वारा बींध डाला

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | vivyādha niśitair bāṇair hantukāmo mahāratham | mahārāja! tad-anantaraṁ rājā śalyas tu mahārathī dharmaputraṁ rājānaṁ yudhiṣṭhiraṁ mārayituṁ icchayā painair bāṇair viddhvā ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O great king, thereafter Śalya, the mighty chariot-warrior, desiring to kill the great warrior—Dharma’s son King Yudhiṣṭhira—pierced him with sharp, keen arrows.

Word by Word

• विव्याध: pierced
• विव्याध: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध् (विध्/व्यध्)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• निशितैः: with sharp
• निशितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निशित
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• बाणैः: arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अन्तुकामः: desiring to kill (end)
• अन्तुकामः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तुकाम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महारथम्: the great chariot-warrior
• महारथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Śalya
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmaputra)
• arrows (bāṇa)