Shloka 17

Karṇa’s Camp-Council Discourse: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament, Sañjaya’s Counsel, and Karṇa’s Request for Śalya

Book 8, Chapter 22

Devanagari script

ततः क्रुद्धो महाराज सहदेव: प्रतापवान्‌ | समाधत्त शरं घोर मृत्युकालान्तकोपमम्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ kruddho mahārāja sahadevaḥ pratāpavān | samādhatta śaraṃ ghoraṃ mṛtyukālāntakopamam ||

Translation

संजय म्हणाला—तेव्हा, महाराज, प्रतापवान सहदेव क्रुद्ध झाला आणि त्याने धनुष्यावर एक घोर बाण चढविला—जणू प्रलयकाळीचा मृत्यूच।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सहदेवः: Sahadeva
• सहदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतापवान्: mighty, valorous
• प्रतापवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रतापवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाधत्त: fixed/placed (set on the bow)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-धा
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• शरम्: an arrow
• शरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• घोरम्: terrible
• घोरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मृत्युकालान्तकोपमम्: like Death, Time, and the Ender (Yama/Kāla/Antaka)
• मृत्युकालान्तकोपमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत्युकालान्तक-उपम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'mahārāja')
• Sahadeva
• śara (arrow)
• Mṛtyu
• Kāla
• Antaka