Shloka 383

कर्णभीमयुद्धम्

Karna–Bhīma Combat Report

Devanagari script

गदामेवाग्रहीत्‌ क्रुद्धश्चिक्षेप च परंतप । शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले नरेश! उस गदाको सहसा अपने ऊपर आती देख क्रोधमें भरे हुए युधिष्ठिरने भी गदा ही उठा ली और द्रोणाचार्यपर चला दी

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | gadām evāgrahīt kruddhaś cikṣepa ca parantapa |

Translation

Sanjaya said: Enraged, he seized his mace and hurled it, O scorcher of foes. Seeing that mace rushing toward him, Yudhiṣṭhira—his anger kindled—also lifted a mace and cast it back, directing it against Droṇācārya. In the harsh ethics of battle, restraint gives way to reciprocal force, and even the dharma-minded king answers violence with violence when survival and duty on the field demand it.

Word by Word

• गदाम्: mace
• गदाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अग्रहीत्: seized/took
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Aorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चिक्षेप: threw/cast
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• परंतप: O scorcher of foes (epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परंतप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• parantapa (epithet addressed to Dhritarashtra)
• gada (mace)
• Yudhishthira
• Dronacharya