Shloka 6

Karṇa-parva Adhyāya 58 — Arjuna’s Arrow-Storm and Relief of Bhīmasena

Devanagari script

समासाद्य तु ते कर्ण व्यशीर्यन्त महारथा: । यथाचलं समासाद्य वार्योघा: सर्वतोदिशम्‌,कर्णके पास पहुँचकर वे सब महारथी बिखर गये, ठीक वैसे ही जैसे जलके प्रवाह किसी पर्वतके पास पहुँचकर सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंमें फैल जाते हैं

Transliteration

samāsādya tu te karṇa vyaśīryanta mahārathāḥ | yathācalaṃ samāsādya vāryoghāḥ sarvato diśam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O Karṇa, when those great chariot-warriors closed in upon you, they were scattered and broken apart—just as torrents of water, on reaching an immovable mountain, spread out in every direction.”

Word by Word

• समासाद्य: having approached/reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वान्त/absolutive), कर्तरि

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ते: those (they)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कर्ण: O Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• व्यशीर्यन्त: were scattered/dispersed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√शॄ (शीर्यते)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), आत्मनेपद, Third, Plural

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अचलम्: a mountain
• अचलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समासाद्य: having reached/encountered
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वान्त/absolutive), कर्तरि

• वार्योघाः: streams/flood-currents of water
• वार्योघाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि-ओघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वतः: on all sides
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः

• दिशम्: direction (as an extent/region)
• दिशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karna
• mahārathāḥ (great chariot-warriors)
• acala (mountain)
• vāryoghāḥ (torrents/flood-waters)