Shloka 41

अर्जुनकर्णसंनिपातवर्णनम् / The Convergence of Arjuna and Karṇa

Devanagari script

कच्चित्त्वया तस्य सुमन्दबुद्धे- गण्डीवमुक्तिविशिखैज्वलद्धि: । सकुण्डलं भानुमदुत्तमाज़ं कायात्‌ प्रकृत्तं युधि सव्यसाचिन्‌,सव्यसाची अर्जुन! क्या तुमने युद्धस्थलमें गाण्डीव धनुषसे छोड़े गये प्रज्वलित बाणोंद्वारा उस मन्दबुद्धि कर्णके कुण्डलमण्डित तेजस्वी मस्तकको धड़से काट गिराया?

Transliteration

kaccit tvayā tasya sumandabuddhe gaṇḍīvamuktiviśikhair jvaladdhiḥ | sakuṇḍalaṃ bhānumad uttamāṅgaṃ kāyāt prakṛttaṃ yudhi savyasācin ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O Savyasācin (Arjuna), have you, in the midst of battle, with blazing arrows released from the Gāṇḍīva, cut from his body the radiant head of that dull-witted Karṇa, adorned with earrings?”

Word by Word

कच्चित्whether?, I hope

त्वयाby you

तस्यof him

सुमन्दबुद्धेO very dull-witted one

गाण्डीवfrom (the bow) Gāṇḍīva

मुक्तिat/with the releasing (i.e., discharge)

विशिखैःwith arrows

ज्वलद्भिःblazing

सtogether with

कुण्डलम्ear-ornament, earring

भानुमत्radiant, shining

उत्तमाङ्गम्head (lit. best limb)

कायात्from the body

प्रकृत्तम्cut off, severed

युधिin battle

सव्यसाचिन्O Ambidextrous one (Arjuna)

Speaker

युधिषछ्िर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Arjuna

Karṇa

Gāṇḍīva (bow)

arrows (viśikhāḥ)

earrings (kuṇḍala)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes