Shloka 36

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 114 — Karṇa–Bhīmasena Missile Exchange, Disarmament, and Arjuna’s Intervention

Devanagari script

कर्कशै: प्रवरै्योधै: कार्ष्णायसतनुच्छदै: । सन्ति गोयोनयश्नात्र सन्ति वानरयोनय:

Transliteration

karkaśaiḥ pravaraiḥ yodhaiḥ kārṣṇāyasa-tanucchadaiḥ | santi goyonayaś cātra santi vānarayonayaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Here are fierce and excellent warriors, clad in black-iron armour; and here too are those of bovine birth, and here too are those of simian birth.”

Word by Word

• कर्कशैः: by/with harsh (ones)
• कर्कशैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्कश
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रवरैः: by/with excellent/chief (ones)
• प्रवरैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• योधैः: by/with warriors
• योधैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• कार्ष्णायस-तनु-च्छदैः: with coverings/armour of black iron
• कार्ष्णायस-तनु-च्छदैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्ष्णायस-तनु-च्छद
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सन्ति: are/exist
• सन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

• गो-योनयः: those of cow-womb/bovine births
• गो-योनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-योनि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• सन्ति: are/exist
• सन्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural

• वानर-योनयः: those of monkey-womb/monkey births
• वानर-योनयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वानर-योनि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• warriors (yodhāḥ)
• black-iron armour (kārṣṇāyasa-tanucchada)