Shloka 31

कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement

Chapter 111

Devanagari script

ततः सुमनस:ः पार्था हते तस्मिन्‌ निशाचरे

Transliteration

tataḥ sumanasaḥ pārthā hate tasmin niśācare

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, when that night-stalking foe had been slain, the sons of Pṛthā became glad at heart—relieved that a perilous, unrighteous threat had been removed from the field of duty-bound war.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereupon; then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• सुमनसः: glad; cheerful
• सुमनसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमनस्
• Form: Masculine, nominative plural

• पार्थाः: the sons of Pṛthā (the Pāṇḍavas)
• पार्थाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, nominative plural

• हते: when slain; after being killed
• हते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), locative singular (Masculine/Neuter): 'when/after (he) was slain'

• तस्मिन्: in him; in that (one)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, locative singular

• निशाचरे: in the night-ranger (rākṣasa)
• निशाचरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशाचर
• Form: Masculine, locative singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārthāḥ (Pāṇḍavas)
• niśācara (a nocturnal foe/raider)