Shloka 28

धृतराष्ट्रस्य क्रतु-प्रवर्तनम् तथा पाण्डवानां निमन्त्रण-प्रतिवचनम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Sacrifice Commences and the Pandavas’ Reply to the Invitation

Devanagari script

सर्व एव तु गन्धर्वा: शतशो5थ सहस्रश: । जिघांसमाना: सहिता: कर्णमभ्यद्रवन्‌ रणे,इसपर सभी गन्धर्व एक साथ संगठित हो कर्णको मार डालनेकी इच्छासे सौ-सौ तथा हजार-हजारका दल बाँधकर रणभूमिमें कर्णके ऊपर टूट पड़े

Transliteration

sarva eva tu gandharvāḥ śataśo ’tha sahasraśaḥ | jighāṃsamānāḥ sahitāḥ karṇam abhyadravan raṇe ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Then all the Gandharvas—arrayed in hundreds and in thousands—moved together with a single intent: to slay Karṇa. United in their ranks, they surged upon him on the battlefield, turning the encounter into a collective assault driven by lethal resolve.

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• गन्धर्वाः: Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शतशः: by hundreds/in hundreds
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस्

• अथ: then/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सहस्रशः: by thousands/in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस्

• जिघांसमानाः: desiring to kill
• जिघांसमानाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: शानच् (present active participle, desiderative stem), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Parasmaipada (active)

• सहिताः: together/united
• सहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कर्णम्: Karna
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यद्रवन्: ran towards/charged at
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gandharvas
• Karṇa
• battlefield (raṇa)