Shloka 12

कर्णभीमयुद्धम्

Karna–Bhīma Combat Report

Devanagari script

नकुलं कुशल युद्धे पराक्रान्तं पराक्रमी । अभ्यगच्छत्‌ समायान्तं विकर्णस्ते सुत: प्रभो

Transliteration

nakulaṁ kuśalaṁ yuddhe parākrāntaṁ parākramī | abhyagacchat samāyāntaṁ vikarṇas te sutaḥ prabho ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O lord, your son Vikarṇa—himself a valiant warrior—advanced to meet Nakula, who was skilled in battle and coming forward with great prowess. The scene underscores how, amid the moral strain of fratricidal war, personal courage and martial duty drive kinsmen to confront one another without hesitation.

Word by Word

• नकुलम्: Nakula (as object)
• नकुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नकुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुशलम्: skilled
• कुशलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुशल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पराक्रान्तम्: valiant, having advanced boldly
• पराक्रान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराक्रान्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पराक्रमी: the mighty one
• पराक्रमी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराक्रमिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभ्यगच्छत्: approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), 3rd, Singular

• समायान्तम्: coming towards (him)
• समायान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-या
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विकर्णः: Vikarna
• विकर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: your
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभो: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Nakula
• Vikarṇa
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by address 'prabho' and 'te sutaḥ')