Shloka 8

कर्णपर्व — चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः

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

Devanagari script

ललाटस्थैस्ततो बाणै्राह्रिणोडसौ व्यशोभत । प्रावषीव यथा सिक्तस्त्रिशुद्भ: पर्वतोत्तम:,ललाटमें धँँसे हुए उन तीनों बाणोंद्वारा वह ब्राह्मण वर्षाकालमें भीगे हुए तीन शिखरोंवाले उत्तम पर्वतके समान अद्भुत शोभा पाने लगा

Transliteration

lalāṭasthaiḥ tato bāṇair āhṛṇod asau vyaśobhata | prāvṛṣīva yathā siktaḥ triśṛṅgaḥ parvatottamaḥ ||

Translation

サञ्जयは言った。「そのとき、額に刺さった三条の矢によって、彼は奇妙で目を奪う輝きを帯びた。まるで雨季の豪雨に濡れそぼつ三つ峰の名山のように。」

Word by Word

• ललाटस्थैः: by those situated on the forehead
• ललाटस्थैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ललाटस्थ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आहृतः: struck/impelled (lit. brought/borne upon)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• असौ: that man/he
• असौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद् (प्रदर्शक सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: असौ)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• व्यशोभत: shone/appeared splendid
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रावृषि: in the rainy season
• प्रावृषि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रावृष्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• इव: as/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

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

• सिक्तः: wetted/drenched
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• त्रिशृङ्गः: three-peaked
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशृङ्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पर्वतोत्तमः: the best mountain
• पर्वतोत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वतोत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• arrows (bāṇa)
• forehead (lalāṭa)
• monsoon/rainy season (prāvṛṣ)
• three-peaked mountain (triśṛṅga parvata)