Shloka 14

Adhyāya 141 — Night duels: Śaineya and Bhūriśravas; Droṇi and Ghaṭotkaca; Bhīma and Duryodhana

Devanagari script

कर्णस्ततो महाराज पाण्डवं नवभि: शरै: । आजपघानोरससि क्रुद्धः क्ुद्धरूपं परंतप,शत्रुओंको संताप देनेवाले महाराज! तब कर्णने कुपित हो क्रोधमें भरे हुए पाण्डुपुत्र भीमसेनकी छातीमें नौ बाण मारे

Transliteration

karṇas tato mahārāja pāṇḍavaṁ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ | ājaghānorasi kruddhaḥ kruddharūpaḥ parantapa ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, O great king, Karṇa—wrathful and terrible in his anger—struck the Pāṇḍava (Bhīmasena) on the chest with nine arrows. In the grim ethic of battle, this is the relentless escalation of force between vowed warriors, where personal fury rides upon the formal code of combat and turns the field into a test of endurance and resolve.

Word by Word

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

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (son of Pandu)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नवभिः: with nine
• नवभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आजघान: struck/smote
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उरसि: on the chest
• उरसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Karna
• Bhīmasena
• Pāṇḍava
• arrows