Shloka 11

Somadatta’s Kṣātra-Dharma Accusation; Night Combat, Māyā, and the Fall of Ghaṭotkaca

Droṇa-parva, Adhyāya 131

Devanagari script

व्याक्षिपन्‌ सुमहच्चापमतिमात्रममर्षण: । कर्ण: सुयुद्धमाकाड्शक्षन्‌ दर्शयिष्यन्‌ बल॑ मृथे

Transliteration

vyākṣipan sumahac cāpam atimātram amarṣaṇaḥ | karṇaḥ suyuddham ākāṅkṣan darśayiṣyan balaṁ mṛdhe ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Karṇa, intolerant of affront and burning with fierce resolve, brandished his exceedingly great bow. Longing for a true contest of arms, he sought to display his strength on the battlefield.

Word by Word

• व्याक्षिपन्: he hurled / cast forth
• व्याक्षिपन्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्य-आ-क्षिप्
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुमहत्: very great
• सुमहत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• चापम्: bow
• चापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अतिमात्रम्: excessive, beyond measure
• अतिमात्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिमात्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अमर्षणः: intolerant, unenduring (of affront)
• अमर्षणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्षण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुयुद्धम्: a good/fair fight
• सुयुद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुयुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आकाङ्क्षन्: desiring, wishing for
• आकाङ्क्षन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-काṅ्क्ष्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दर्शयिष्यन्: intending to show
• दर्शयिष्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (causative: दर्शय्)
• Form: शतृ (future active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलम्: strength, power
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मृथे: in battle
• मृथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna
• bow (cāpa)
• battlefield (mṛdha)