Shloka 25

कर्णपर्व — चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः

Arjuna’s Suppression of the Saṃśaptakas; Kṛṣṇa’s Strategic Admonition; Battlefield Inventory

Devanagari script

बाणसड्घैर्वृतं घोरमाकाशं समपद्यत

Transliteration

bāṇa-saṅghair vṛtaṃ ghoraṃ ākāśaṃ samapadyata

Translation

Sañjaya said: The sky became a dreadful sight, completely filled and covered by masses of arrows—an image of war’s overwhelming violence, where human resolve turns the very heavens into a field of harm.

Word by Word

• बाणसङ्घैः: by clusters/masses of arrows
• बाणसङ्घैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाणसङ्घ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• वृतम्: covered, enveloped
• वृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• घोरम्: terrible, dreadful
• घोरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आकाशम्: the sky
• आकाशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समपद्यत: became / came to be
• समपद्यत: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arrows
• sky (ākāśa)