Shloka 70

Śalya’s Objection to Sārathya and Duryodhana’s Conciliation (शल्यमन्यु-प्रशमनम् / Sārathyāṅgīkāra)

Devanagari script

विहतान्‌ रथिनस्तत्र धावमानांस्ततस्ततः । सूतपुत्रशरैस्तीक्ष्णैरहन्यमानान्‌ विशाम्पते

Transliteration

vihatān rathinas tatra dhāvamānāṁs tatas tataḥ | sūtaputraśarais tīkṣṇair ahanyamānān viśāmpate ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಓ ವಿಶಾಂಪತೇ! ಅಲ್ಲಿ ರಥಿಗಳು ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಹೊಡೆತಗಳಿಂದ ಗೊಂದಲಗೊಂಡು ಎಲ್ಲ ದಿಕ್ಕುಗಳಿಗೂ ಓಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು; ಆದರೆ ಸೂತಪುತ್ರ ಕರ್ಣನ ತೀಕ್ಷ್ಣ ಬಾಣಗಳು ಅವರನ್ನು ಮರುಮರು ಕತ್ತರಿಸಿ ನೆಲಕ್ಕುರುಳಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದವು.

Word by Word

• विहतान्: struck down, smitten
• विहतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विहत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रथिनः: chariot-warriors
• रथिनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• धावमानान्: running, rushing
• धावमानान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धावत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ततः: from there; thence
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ततः: from there; thence
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सूतपुत्रशरैः: with the charioteer’s-son’s (Karna’s) arrows
• सूतपुत्रशरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूतपुत्रशर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तीक्ष्णैः: sharp
• तीक्ष्णैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अहन्यमानान्: being struck/being slain
• अहन्यमानान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विशाम्पते: O lord of the people
• विशाम्पते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाम्पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Karna (Sūtaputra)
• rathinaḥ (chariot-warriors)
• śara (arrows)