Shloka 153

भीष्मपातने कर्णविलापः | Karṇa’s Lament upon Seeing Bhīṣma Fallen

Devanagari script

त्रासयिष्यति बाणानां कुरूनन्यांश्व पार्थिवान्‌ । “आज गाण्डीव धनुषसे छूटे हुए बाणोंका वज्रपातके समान शब्द कौरवों तथा अन्य राजाओंको भयभीत कर देगा

Transliteration

trāsayiṣyati bāṇānāṃ kurūn anyāṃś ca pārthivān |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “The Kurus—and the other kings as well—will be struck with fear by the arrows (that are about to be released).” In the moral atmosphere of the epic, this line underscores how the momentum of battle is not only physical but psychological: the very discharge of a great warrior’s missiles becomes a force that shakes the resolve of entire armies.

Word by Word

• त्रासयिष्यति: will frighten/terrify
• त्रासयिष्यति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्रासय् (√त्रस् caus.)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), परस्मैपद, 3, singular

• बाणानाम्: of arrows
• बाणानाम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• कुरून्: the Kurus
• कुरून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• अन्यान्: other
• अन्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

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

• पार्थिवान्: kings/earthly rulers
• पार्थिवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kurus (Kauravas)
• other kings (pārthivāḥ)
• arrows (bāṇāḥ)