Shloka 94

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

Devanagari script

ताडितो भीमसेनेन क्रोधादारक्तलोचन: । विहसन्निव राधेयो वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह,भीमसेनकी मार खाकर राधापुत्र कर्णकी आँखें लाल हो गयीं। उसने हँसते हुए-से यह बात कही--

Transliteration

tāḍito bhīmasenena krodhād āraktalocanaḥ | vihasann iva rādheyo vākyam etad uvāca ha ||

Translation

Smitten by Bhīmasena, Rādheya (Karna) became red-eyed with anger; yet, as if laughing, he spoke these words—signaling a warrior’s pride and the hardening of resolve amid the moral strain of battle.

Word by Word

• ताडितः: struck, beaten
• ताडितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताडित (√ताड्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीमसेनेन: by Bhimasena
• भीमसेनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीमसेन
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• क्रोधात्: from anger, out of wrath
• क्रोधात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• आरक्तलोचनः: whose eyes were reddened
• आरक्तलोचनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आरक्तलोचन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विहसन्: laughing
• विहसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विहसत् (√हस्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• वाक्यम्: speech, words
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उवाच: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• ह: indeed (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīmasena
• Rādheya (Karna)