Shloka 37

Devanagari script

ततो दिव्या दुन्दुभय: प्रणेदु: पपातोच्चै: पुष्पवर्ष च दिव्यम्‌ दृष्टवा कर्ण शस्त्रसंकृत्तगात्रं मुहुश्नापि स्मयमानं नृवीरम्‌,कर्णके सारे अंग शस्त्रोंक आधातसे कट गये थे, फिर भी वह नरवीर बारंबार मुसकरा रहा था। यह देखकर दिव्य दुन्दुभियाँ बज उठीं एवं आकाशसे दिव्य फूलोंकी वर्षा होने लगी

Transliteration

tato divyā dundubhayaḥ praṇeduḥ papātoccaiḥ puṣpavarṣaṃ ca divyam | dṛṣṭvā karṇaśastrasaṃkṛttagātraṃ muhuś cāpi smayamānaṃ nṛvīram ||

Translation

Then celestial kettledrums resounded, and from on high a divine shower of flowers fell. Seeing that heroic man—his limbs cut and mangled by weapons—yet smiling again and again, the heavens proclaimed auspicious signs.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

दिव्याःdivine

दुन्दुभयःkettledrums, drums

प्रणेदुःsounded, resounded

पपातfell, descended

उच्चैःfrom on high; loudly

पुष्पवर्षम्a shower of flowers

चand

दिव्यम्divine

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

कर्णम्Karna

शस्त्रसंकृत्तगात्रम्whose limbs were cut by weapons

मुहुःagain and again

अपिeven, although

स्मयमानम्smiling

नृवीरम्the heroic man

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Karna

divyā dundubhayaḥ (celestial drums)

puṣpavarṣa (shower of flowers)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes