Shloka 21

द्रौणि-पार्षतयोर्युद्धम् | The Duel of Aśvatthāmā

Drauṇi) and Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata

Devanagari script

प्रगृह्ा च महाशक्ति कालशक्तिमिवापराम्‌ | समुत्क्षिप्प च राधेय: संधाय च महाबल:

Transliteration

pragṛhya ca mahāśaktiṃ kālaśaktim ivāparām | samutkṣipya ca rādhēyaḥ saṃdhāya ca mahābalaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Karṇa, mighty in strength, seized a great spear—like an irresistible power of Time itself. Lifting it high, he fixed his aim, preparing to hurl it, as the battle pressed toward a decisive and fateful moment.

Word by Word

• प्रगृह्य: having seized/taken up
• प्रगृह्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-ग्रह् (गृह्णाति)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), कर्तरि

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

• महाशक्तिम्: the great spear/javelin
• महाशक्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाशक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कालशक्तिम्: Time’s spear / the spear of Death
• कालशक्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालशक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अपराम्: unmatched, unsurpassed
• अपराम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपरा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• समुत्क्षिप्य: having lifted/raised up
• समुत्क्षिप्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-क्षिप्
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), कर्तरि

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

• राधेयः: Radheya (Karna)
• राधेयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संधाय: having fixed/aimed (set on the target)
• संधाय: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-धा
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), कर्तरि

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

• महाबलः: mighty/very strong
• महाबलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Rādheya (Karṇa)
• mahāśakti (great spear/javelin)
• Kāla (Time/Death, as a force)