Shloka 3

पाण्डवपरिचयः—विराटसभायां प्रकाशनम्

Identification of the Pāṇḍavas in Virāṭa’s Court

Devanagari script

त॑ प्रेक्ष्य कर्ण: परिवर्तमानं निवर्त्य संस्तभ्य च विद्धगात्रम्‌ । दुर्योधनस्योत्तरतो 5 भ्यगच्छत्‌ पार्थ नृवीरो युधि हेममाली

Transliteration

taṁ prekṣya karṇaḥ parivartamānaṁ nivartya saṁstabhya ca viddhagātram | duryodhanasyottarato 'bhyagacchat pārtha nṛvīro yudhi hemamālī ||

Translation

അവൻ തിരിഞ്ഞുവരുന്നത് കണ്ട കർണനും തന്റെ മുറിവേറ്റ ശരീരം പ്രയാസത്തോടെ താങ്ങി മടങ്ങിവന്നു; ദുര്യോധനന്റെ ഉത്തര (ഇടത്) ഭാഗത്ത് നിലകൊണ്ട് യുദ്ധഭൂമിയിൽ പാർഥനെ നേരിടാൻ മുന്നേറി. നരവീരനായ കർണൻ സ്വർണമാലയാൽ അലങ്കൃതനായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रेक्ष्य: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-ईक्ष्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परिवर्तमानम्: turning back / returning
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-वृत्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• निवर्त्य: having turned back / having withdrawn
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वृत्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• संस्तभ्य: having steadied / having supported
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्तभ्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विद्धगात्रम्: his pierced/wounded body
• विद्धगात्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्ध-गात्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दुर्योधनस्य: of Duryodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उत्तरतः: to the north / on the left side (relative position)
• उत्तरतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत्तरतः

• अभ्यगच्छत्: approached / went towards
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• नृवीरः: the manly hero
• नृवीरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ-वीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• हेममाली: wearing a golden garland
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम-मालिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Karṇa
• Duryodhana
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• golden garland (hemamālā)