Shloka 443

अलंबलवधः (Alaṃbala-vadhaḥ) / The Slaying of Alaṃbala and the Advance toward Karṇa

Devanagari script

दध्मौ शड्खं महानादमार्षभेणाथ माधव: । सात्यकिको रथहीन और कर्णको युद्धके लिये उद्यत देख भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णने बड़े जोरकी ध्वनि करनेवाले शंखको ऋषभस्वरसे बजाया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | dadhmau śaṅkhaṃ mahānādam ārṣabheṇātha mādhavaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Mādhava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) blew his conch, whose sound was mighty, in a deep, bull-like resonance. Seeing Sātyaki without his chariot and Karṇa poised for battle, Kṛṣṇa’s thunderous conch-call functions as a moral rally—steadfastness in adversity and the refusal to abandon one’s ally even when the situation turns dire.

Word by Word

• दध्मौ: blew
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्मा
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• शङ्खम्: conch-shell
• शङ्खम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• महानादम्: loud-sounding
• महानादम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महानाद
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ऋषभेण: with a bull-like (deep) tone / in ṛṣabha note
• ऋषभेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषभ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• माधवः: Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa)
• माधवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Mādhava (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Śaṅkha (conch)
• Sātyaki
• Karṇa