Shloka 48
अध्याय १४८ — कर्णप्रभावः, धृष्टद्युम्नस्य विरथता, तथा घटोत्कच-आह्वानम्
Chapter 148: Karṇa’s Pressure, Dhṛṣṭadyumna Unhorsed, and the Summoning of Ghaṭotkaca
Devanagari script
विव्याध च चतु:षष्ट्या शराणां नतपर्वणाम्,साथ ही उसे झुकी हुई गाँठवाले चौंसठ बाणोंसे क्षत-विक्षत कर दिया। पाण्डुपुत्र अर्जुनको सिंधुराजके सम्मुख जाते देख हमारे पक्षके वीर योद्धा उसके जीवनसे निराश होकर युद्धसे निवृत्त हो गये
Transliteration
vivyādha ca catuḥṣaṣṭyā śarāṇāṁ nataparvaṇām |
Translation
Sañjaya said: He pierced him with sixty-four arrows whose joints were bent, grievously wounding and tearing him. Seeing Pāṇḍu’s son Arjuna advancing to confront the king of Sindhu, the heroes on our side, despairing of Arjuna’s death, withdrew from the fight.
Word by Word
विव्याधpierced, wounded
विव्याध:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootव्यध् (विध्/व्यध्) धातु
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), 3, singular, परस्मैपद
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
चतुःषष्ट्याwith sixty-four
चतुःषष्ट्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootचतुःषष्टि
Formfeminine, instrumental, singular
शराणाम्of arrows
शराणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootशर
Formmasculine, genitive, plural
नतपर्वणाम्having bent joints/knots (i.e., with curved nodes)
नतपर्वणाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootनतपर्वन्
Formmasculine, genitive, plural
Speaker
संजय उवाच
Characters & Entities
S
SañjayaA
Arjuna (Pāṇḍuputra)J
Jayadratha (Sindhurāja)A
arrows (śara)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes