Shloka 36

Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 54 — Missile-Exchange and Tactical Redirection

Arjuna, Aśvatthāman, Karṇa

Devanagari script

स पार्थमुक्तैरिषुभि: प्रणुन्नो गजो गजेनेव जितस्तरस्वी । विहाय संग्रामशिर: प्रयातो वैकर्तन: पाण्डवबाणतप्त:

Transliteration

sa pārthamuktair iṣubhiḥ praṇunno gajo gajen eva jitas tarasvī | vihāya saṅgrāmaśiraḥ prayāto vaikartanaḥ pāṇḍavabāṇataptaḥ ||

Translation

ಪಾರ್ಥನು ಬಿಡಿಸಿದ ಬಾಣಗಳಿಂದ ತೀವ್ರವಾಗಿ ಹೊಡೆತಗೊಂಡ ಆ ಮಹಾಬಲಿ ವೈಕರ್ತನನು—ಒಂದು ಗಜ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಗಜದಿಂದ ಜಯಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಂತೆ—ಯುದ್ಧದ ಮುಂಚೂಣಿಯನ್ನು ತೊರೆದು ಹಿಂದೆ ಸರಿದನು. ಪಾಂಡವನ ಬಾಣಗಳಿಂದ ದಹನಗೊಂಡ ಕರ್ಣನು ಸಮರದಿಂದ ವಿಮುಖನಾದನು.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थम्: Arjuna
• पार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उक्तैः: shot/loosed (lit. 'said/uttered')
• उक्तैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• इषुभिः: with arrows
• इषुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इषु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रणुन्नः: driven back/repelled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-नुद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गजः: the elephant
• गजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गजेन: by an elephant
• गजेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• जितः: conquered/defeated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तरस्वी: mighty/impetuous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तरस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विहाय: having abandoned/left
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-हा
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• संग्रामशिरः: the head/front of the battle (battlefield)
• संग्रामशिरः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम-शिरस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रयातः: gone forth/departed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या
• Form: Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वैकर्तनः: Karna (son of Vikartana)
• वैकर्तनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकर्तन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवबाणतप्तः: scorched/tormented by the Pāṇḍava's arrows
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाण्डव-बाण-तप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Vaikartana (Karna)
• Pāṇḍavas
• arrows (iṣu/bāṇa)
• elephant (gaja)