Shloka 6

कर्णपर्व — पञ्चदशोऽध्यायः | Karṇa Parva, Chapter 15: Pāṇḍya’s Advance and Aśvatthāmā’s Counterstroke

Devanagari script

सुवृत्तानायतान्‌ पुष्टां श्वन्दनागुरुभूषितान्‌

Translation

Sañjaya dit : Sur le champ de bataille, Arjuna trancha aussi, de ses traits acérés, les bras des ennemis—des bras ronds, longs et puissants, oints d’aguru et de santal, munis d’armes et de gantelets, qui semblaient des serpents à cinq têtes.

Word by Word

• su-vṛttān: well-rounded
• su-vṛttān: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + vṛtta
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• āyatān: long/extended
• āyatān: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āyata
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• puṣṭān: strong, well-built
• puṣṭān: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṣṭa
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• candana-aguru-bhūṣitān: adorned/smeared with sandal and aguru
• candana-aguru-bhūṣitān: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: candana + aguru + bhūṣita
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• arjunena: by Arjuna
• arjunena: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: arjuna
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• samara-bhūmau: on the battlefield
• samara-bhūmau: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: samara-bhūmi
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• svaiḥ: with his own
• svaiḥ: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• kṣuraiḥ: razor(-sharp weapons)/blades
• kṣuraiḥ: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣura
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• śatrūṇām: of the enemies
• śatrūṇām: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatru
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• tāḥ: those
• tāḥ: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• bhujāḥ: arms
• bhujāḥ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhujā
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• api: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api

• acchinat: cut off
• Type: Verb
• Root: chid
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• pañca-mukhavat: as if having five mouths
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca + mukha + vat
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• sarpa-sadṛśāḥ: resembling serpents
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarpa + sadṛśa
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• dṛśyante: were seen/appear
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Plural, Ātmanepada (passive sense)

• yāḥ: which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• āyudha-dhāriṇyaḥ: bearing weapons
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āyudha + dhārin
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• hasta-trāṇa-yuktāḥ: provided with hand-guards/gloves
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hasta-trāṇa + yukta
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

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