Shloka 17

कर्णपुत्रवधः (The Fall of Vṛṣasena) — Karṇa Parva, Adhyāya 62

Devanagari script

क्षीणशस्त्रास्त्रकवच: क्षीणबाणो विबाणधि: । श्रान्तसारथिवाहश्न च्छन्नो<स्त्रैररिभिस्तथा

Transliteration

kṣīṇaśastrāstrakavacaḥ kṣīṇabāṇo vibāṇadhiḥ | śrāntasārathivāhaś ca channo 'strair aribhis tathā ||

Translation

Ia telah kehilangan senjata, panah-misil, dan zirah; anak panahnya habis dan tabung panahnya kosong. Kusir dan kuda-kudanya pun letih, dan ia juga tertutup—terkepung dari segala arah—oleh senjata musuh.

Word by Word

• क्षीणशस्त्रास्त्रकवचः: whose weapons, missiles, and armor are exhausted
• क्षीणशस्त्रास्त्रकवचः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीण-शस्त्र-अस्त्र-कवच
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षीणबाणः: whose arrows are exhausted
• क्षीणबाणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीण-बाण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विबाणधिः: with an empty quiver
• विबाणधिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-बाणधि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रान्तसारथिवाहः: whose charioteer and horses are weary
• श्रान्तसारथिवाहः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रान्त-सारथि-वाह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• छन्नः: covered, enveloped
• छन्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छन्न (√छद्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्त्रैः: by weapons/missiles
• अस्त्रैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अरिभिः: by enemies
• अरिभिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• enemies (ari)
• weapons (śastra, astra)
• armor (kavaca)
• arrows (bāṇa)
• quiver (bāṇadhi)
• charioteer (sārathi)
• horses (vāha)