Shloka 27

कर्णवधार्थं धनञ्जयस्य प्रतिज्ञा — Arjuna’s resolve for Karṇa’s defeat

Devanagari script

ते वध्यमाना: समरे मुमुचुस्तं रथोत्तमम्‌ । आयुधानि च सर्वाणि विस्रष्टमुपचक्रमु:,समरांगणमें बाणोंकी मार पड़नेपर उन्होंने अर्जुनके उस उत्तम रथको छोड़ दिया और उनके ऊपर अपने समस्त अस्त्र-शस्त्रोंको छोड़नेका प्रयास किया

Transliteration

te vadhyamānāḥ samare mumucus taṃ rathottamam | āyudhāni ca sarvāṇi visraṣṭam upacakramuḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Sañjaya: En el fragor de la batalla, abatidos por la lluvia de flechas, abandonaron aquel excelente carro y luego intentaron arrojar y descargar contra Arjuna todas sus armas.

Word by Word

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

• वध्यमानाः: being struck/killed (being attacked)
• वध्यमानाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्यमान (√वध्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मुमुचुः: they released/let go/abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

• तम्: that (him/it)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रथोत्तमम्: the best chariot
• रथोत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ + उत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आयुधानि: weapons
• आयुधानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• विस्रष्टम्: to be discharged/let loose (as an act of releasing)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विस्रष्ट (√सृज्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपचक्रमुः: they began/undertook (to do)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + √क्रम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• ratha (chariot)
• āyudha (weapons)