Shloka 14

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

हतो भीष्मो हतो द्रोण: कर्णो वैकर्तनो हतः

Transliteration

hato bhīṣmo hato droṇaḥ karṇo vaikartano hataḥ

Translation

Sanjaya said: “Bhishma has been slain; Drona has been slain; Karna—son of the charioteer (Vaikartana)—has been slain.” The line compresses the moral weight of the war into a stark tally: the fall of the foremost elders and champions signals not merely military loss but the collapse of the Kaurava cause under the burden of adharma and the inexorable consequences of violence.

Word by Word

• हतः: slain
• हतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हतः: slain
• हतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्रोणः: Drona
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वैकर्तनः: Vaikartana (son of the cutter; epithet of Karna)
• वैकर्तनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हतः: slain
• हतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Bhishma
• Drona
• Karna (Vaikartana)