Shloka 16

कर्णपर्व — अध्याय ५७

Arjuna’s targeted advance; Śalya–Karṇa dialogue; interception attempts

Devanagari script

अयःकुन्तांश्व॒ पतितान्‌ मुसलानि गुरूणि च । शतघ्नी: पश्य चित्राश्न विपुलान्‌ परिघांस्तथा,'लोहेके कुन्त (भाले), भारी मूसल, विचित्र शतध्नियाँ और विशाल परिघ इधर-उधर पड़े हैं

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

ayaḥ-kuntāṃś ca patitān musalāni gurūṇi ca |

śataghnīḥ paśya citrāś ca vipulān parighāṃs tathā ||

Translation

Sañjaya dijo: «Mirad: lanzas de punta de hierro yacen caídas por doquier, y pesadas mazas; ved también las muchas y asombrosas śataghnī, y asimismo los enormes garrotes de hierro (parighas) esparcidos por todas partes».

Word by Word

• अयःकुन्तान्: iron spears/javelins
• अयःकुन्तान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयःकुन्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• पतितान्: fallen, lying (on the ground)
• पतितान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मुसलानि: clubs, pestles
• मुसलानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुसल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• गुरूणि: heavy
• गुरूणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• शतघ्नीः: sataghnis (spiked/stone-throwing war-engines)
• शतघ्नीः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतघ्नी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• पश्य: see!, behold!
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• चित्राः: variegated, strange, wondrous
• चित्राः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• विपुलान्: huge, massive
• विपुलान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• परिघान्: iron bars, bludgeons
• परिघान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिघ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तथा: likewise, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• iron spears (ayaḥ-kunta)
• maces (musala)
• śataghnī weapons
• parigha clubs/bars