Shloka 16

भीष्मपातने कर्णविलापः | Karṇa’s Lament upon Seeing Bhīṣma Fallen

Devanagari script

समिद्धो5ग्निर्यथा वीर महाज्वालो द्रुमान्‌ दहेत्‌

Transliteration

samiddho 'gnir yathā vīra mahājvālo drumān dahet

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O hero, just as a well-kindled fire, blazing with great flames, would burn up trees, so too did that warrior’s fury and force appear ready to consume all who stood before him.”

Word by Word

• समिद्धः: kindled, blazing
• समिद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समिद्ध (सम् + इन्ध्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अग्निः: fire
• अग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• वीर: O hero
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महाज्वालः: having great flames, with huge blaze
• महाज्वालः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाज्वाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रुमान्: trees
• द्रुमान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दहेत्: would burn
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• fire (agni)
• trees (druma)