Shloka 4

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 107: Karṇa–Bhīma Saṃmarda

Arrow-storm Engagement

Devanagari script

काज्चना: काञज्चनापीडा: काञ्चनस्रगलंकृता: । काज्चनानीव शुड्राणि काञ्चनस्य महागिरे:,वे ध्वज सोनेके बने थे। उनके ऊपरी भागको सुवर्णसे ही सजाया गया था। सोनेकी ही मालाओंसे वे अलंकृत थे। अतः सुवर्णमय महापर्वत सुमेरुके स्वर्णमय शिखरोंके समान सुशोभित होते थे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | kāñcanāḥ kāñcanapīḍāḥ kāñcanasragalaṅkṛtāḥ | kāñcanānīva śṛṅgāṇi kāñcanasya mahāgireḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “They were golden, crowned with golden finials, and adorned with garlands of gold. They shone like the golden peaks of a mighty mountain—like the radiant summits of the great golden Mount Sumeru.”

Word by Word

• काञ्चनाः: golden
• काञ्चनाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• काञ्चन-पीडाः: having golden bases/footings (pedestals)
• काञ्चन-पीडाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन-पीडा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• काञ्चन-स्रक्-अलंकृताः: adorned with golden garlands
• काञ्चन-स्रक्-अलंकृताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चन-स्रक्-अलंकृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• काञ्चनानि: golden (things)
• काञ्चनानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• शृङ्गाणि: peaks, summits
• शृङ्गाणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• काञ्चनस्य: of gold / of the golden (mountain)
• काञ्चनस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• महागिरेः: of the great mountain
• महागिरेः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महागिरि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• golden standards/flags (dhvajāḥ implied)
• Mount Sumeru (implied by the Hindi gloss)
• a great golden mountain (mahāgiri)