Shloka 23

Devanagari script

कर्णेनाभ्याहता राजन्‌ पञ्चाला: परमेषुभि: । द्रोणेन च दिश: सर्वा वीक्षमाणा: प्रदुद्र॒ुवु:,राजन! कर्ण और द्रोणाचार्यके चलाये हुए उत्तम बाणोंसे घायल होकर पांचाल-सैनिक सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंकी ओर देखते हुए भाग रहे थे

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca

karṇenābhyāhatā rājan pāñcālāḥ parameṣubhiḥ |

droṇena ca diśaḥ sarvā vīkṣamāṇāḥ pradudruvuḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, struck down by Karṇa’s finest arrows, and also by Droṇa’s shafts, the Pāñcāla warriors—glancing in all directions in fear and confusion—broke ranks and fled.

Word by Word

• कर्णेन: by Karna
• कर्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अभ्याहताः: struck, wounded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-आ-हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• पञ्चालाः: the Panchalas
• पञ्चालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परमेषुभिः: with excellent arrows
• परमेषुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-इषु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• द्रोणेन: by Drona
• द्रोणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• सर्वाः: all
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• वीक्षमाणाः: looking (towards), glancing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीक्ष्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रदुद्रुवुः: they ran away, fled
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-द्रु
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by rājan)
• Karṇa
• Droṇa
• Pāñcālas