Shloka 36

कर्णभीमयुद्धम्

Karna–Bhīma Combat Report

Devanagari script

विद्ध्वा तं च रणे द्रोणं पठ्चभिनतपर्वभि:

Transliteration

viddhvā taṃ ca raṇe droṇaṃ pañcabhir nataparvabhiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Having struck Droṇa on the battlefield with five arrows whose joints were bent (well-fashioned), he wounded the great commander in the midst of combat—an act that marks both the intensity of the war and the grave moral weight of attacking a revered teacher in the chaos of duty-bound conflict.

Word by Word

• विद्ध्वा: having pierced/struck
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध् (विध्)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भावः (active sense)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• द्रोणम्: Drona
• द्रोणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पञ्चभिः: with five
• पञ्चभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• नतपर्वभिः: with (arrows) having bent joints/knots
• नतपर्वभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नतपर्वन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• द्रोण (Droṇa)
• रण (battlefield)
• पञ्च (five arrows)