Shloka 108

कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्‌ स्थिते महाराज रुद्रे विधृतकार्मुके

Transliteration

tasmin sthite mahārāja rudre vidhṛtakārmuke

Translation

Wahai maharaja, ketika baginda berdiri demikian—tatkala Rudra memegang busurnya dalam keadaan siap—keadaan pun sampai ke saat penentu yang menggetarkan, ditandai oleh kehadiran kuasa ilahi dan beratnya perang yang berpaksikan dharma.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (situation/place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्थिते: when (it was) situated/when (he/it) stood
• स्थिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (क्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• रुद्रे: in/when Rudra
• रुद्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विधृतकार्मुके: with bow held/when (he) had taken up the bow
• विधृतकार्मुके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधृतकार्मुक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

• पितामह (Bhīṣma, implied by speaker tag)
• महाराज (the king being addressed)
• रुद्र (Rudra/Śiva)
• कार्मुक (bow)