Shloka 32

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 107: Karṇa–Bhīma Saṃmarda

Arrow-storm Engagement

Devanagari script

तवापराधादू राजानो निहता बहुशो युधि

Transliteration

tavāparādhād ū rājāno nihatā bahuśo yudhi

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Because of your wrongdoing, O King, many kings have been slain again and again on the battlefield.”

Word by Word

• तव: of you/your
• तव: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अपराधात्: from (because of) the offense
• अपराधात्: अपादान
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपराध
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• राजानः: kings
• राजानः: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• निहताः: slain/killed
• निहताः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: भूतकर्मणि (कृत), क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• बहुशः: many times/repeatedly
• बहुशः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुशस्
• Form: true

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied)
• kings (rājānaḥ)