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Shloka 11

अभिमन्योर् दारुणः संमर्दः

Abhimanyu’s fierce melee amid chariot formations

अक्ष्णोनिमिषमात्रेण सो5न्यदादाय कार्मुकम्‌ | विव्याध दशभि: पार्थ तांश्षैवान्यांस्त्रिभिस्त्रिभि:,न"पैपपपपमपपभै।शणजजज-ज- कई प"+/फ/त7एक्‍शन्‍क। - पा: ल्‍्ः ना श्र नह रा ः उस समय जयद्रथने पलक मारते-मारते दूसरा धनुष हाथमें लेकर युधिष्ठिरको दस तथा अन्य वीरोंको तीन-तीन बाणोंसे बींध डाला

akṣṇo nimiṣa-mātreṇa so 'nyad ādāya kārmukam | vivyādha daśabhiḥ pārtha tāṁś caivānyāṁs tribhis tribhiḥ ||

Sañjaya said: In the mere time it takes to blink an eye, he seized another bow and swiftly pierced Yudhiṣṭhira with ten arrows, and the other warriors as well with three arrows each. The verse underscores the terrifying speed and efficiency of martial skill in war—power used to wound many in an instant, intensifying the moral weight of the battlefield where prowess and righteousness are constantly in tension.

अक्ष्णोःof (the two) eyes
अक्ष्णोः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअक्षि
FormNeuter, Genitive, Dual
निमिषa blink
निमिष:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootनिमिष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मात्रेणby the measure (i.e., within the span)
मात्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमात्रा
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अन्यत्another (one)
अन्यत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आदायhaving taken
आदाय:
TypeVerb
Rootआ + दा
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Non-finite
कार्मुकम्bow
कार्मुकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकार्मुक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
विव्याधpierced
विव्याध:
TypeVerb
Rootव्यध्
Formलिट् (perfect), Perfect (past narrative), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
दशभिःwith ten
दशभिः:
Karana
TypeNumeral
Rootदशन्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
पार्थO Partha
पार्थ:
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
तान्those (men)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अन्यान्others
अन्यान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
त्रिभिःwith three
त्रिभिः:
Karana
TypeNumeral
Rootत्रि
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
त्रिभिःwith three (each)
त्रिभिः:
Karana
TypeNumeral
Rootत्रि
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

संजय उवाच

संजय (Sañjaya)
पार्थ (Pārtha/Arjuna, as addressee)
युधिष्ठिर (Yudhiṣṭhira)
कार्मुक (bow)
बाण (arrows, implied)