Shloka 34

Devanagari script

ततः प्रादुष्करोद्‌ दिव्यमस्त्रमस्त्रविदां वर: । नरेश्वर! जब कर्ण घटोत्कचसे बढ़ न सका, तब उस अस्त्रवेत्ताओंमें श्रेष्ठ वीरने दिव्यास्त्र प्रकट किया ।। कर्णेन संधितं दृष्टवा दिव्यमस्त्रं घटोत्कच:

Transliteration

tataḥ prāduṣkarod divyam astram astravidāṁ varaḥ | nareśvara! yadā karṇaḥ ghaṭotkacase bādh na saka, tadā tasmin astravettṝṇāṁ śreṣṭho vīro divyāstram prakaṭayām āsa || karṇena sandhitaṁ dṛṣṭvā divyam astram ghaṭotkacaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then the foremost among the masters of weapons revealed a celestial missile. O king, when Karṇa could no longer withstand Ghaṭotkaca’s assault, that heroic expert in arms brought forth a divine weapon. Seeing that celestial missile fixed and aimed by Karṇa, Ghaṭotkaca (took note of it).

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

प्रादुष्करोत्manifested, brought forth

दिव्यम्divine

अस्त्रम्weapon (missile)

अस्त्रविदाम्of the weapon-knowers

वरःthe best, the foremost

कर्णेनby Karna

संधितम्fixed/aimed/placed (upon)

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

दिव्यम्divine

अस्त्रम्weapon (missile)

घटोत्कचःGhaṭotkaca

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by nareśvara)

Karṇa

Ghaṭotkaca

divyāstra (celestial weapon)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes