Shloka 5

Karṇa-vadha-pratyaya: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Verification of Karṇa’s Fall (कर्णवध-प्रत्ययः)

Devanagari script

पारावतसवर्णाश्विश्रन्द्रादित्यसमद्युति: । पार्षत: प्रबभौ धन्‍्वी कालो विग्रहवानिव

Transliteration

pārāvata-savarṇāśviś candrāditya-sama-dyutiḥ | pārṣataḥ prababhau dhanvī kālo vigrahavān iva ||

Translation

ಪಾರಾವತವರ್ಣದ ಕುದುರೆಗಳಿಂದ ಯುಕ್ತನಾಗಿ, ಚಂದ್ರ-ಸೂರ್ಯ ಸಮ ದ್ಯುತಿಯುಳ್ಳ, ಧನುರ್ಧರನಾದ ಪಾರ್ಷತ (ಧೃಷ್ಟದ್ಯುಮ್ನ) ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸಿದನು—ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ರೂಪಧರಿಸಿದ ಕಾಲನೇ ಬಂದಂತೆಯೇ।

Word by Word

• pārāvata-savarṇa-aśvi-śyandra-āditya-sama-dyutiḥ: having a radiance equal to (that of) pigeons, the Aśvins, the moon, and the sun (i.e., very radiant)
• pārāvata-savarṇa-aśvi-śyandra-āditya-sama-dyutiḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pārāvata + savarṇa + aśvin + śyandra + āditya + sama + dyuti
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• pārṣataḥ: the son of Pṛṣat (Dhṛṣṭadyumna)
• pārṣataḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārṣata
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• prababhau: shone forth; blazed
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhā (bhā)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• dhanvī: the bowman; archer
• dhanvī: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanvin
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• kālaḥ: Time; Death
• kālaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• vigraha-vān: embodied; having a form
• vigraha-vān: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vigraha + -vant
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• iva: as if; like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pārṣata)
• Moon (Candra)
• Sun (Āditya)
• Time/Death (Kāla)
• bow
• horses