Shloka 38

अर्जुनस्य द्रोणिप्रतिघातः कर्णोपसर्पणं च

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Devanagari script

सतु बाणैर्दिशो राजन्नाच्छाद्य परवीरहा । आजमछेने सारथिं चास्य सुषेणं च ततस्त्रिभि:

Transliteration

sa tu bāṇair diśo rājann ācchādya paravīrahā | ājamacchene sārathiṁ cāsya suṣeṇaṁ ca tatas tribhiḥ ||

Translation

સંજય બોલ્યો—રાજન! તે પરવીરહા યોદ્ધાએ બાણોથી દિશાઓ ઢાંકી દીધી; પછી ત્રણ બાણોથી તેના સારથીને અને સુષેણને પણ આઘાત કરી પાડી દીધા।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

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

• दिशः: the directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• आच्छाद्य: having covered
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-छद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• परवीरहा: slayer of enemy-heroes
• परवीरहा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर-वीर-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आजमछेने: with the (arrow/weapon) named Ājamacchena
• आजमछेने: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आजम-छेदन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सारथिम्: the charioteer
• सारथिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारथि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• अस्य: of him / his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सुषेणम्: Suṣeṇa
• सुषेणम्: Karma
• Type: ProperNoun
• Root: सुषेण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• त्रिभिः: with three (arrows)
• त्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Numeral
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Suṣeṇa
• arrows (bāṇa)
• directions/quarters (diś)