Shloka 923

Devanagari script

शिखण्डिशैनेययमा: शितै: शरै- विंदारयन्तो व्यनदन्‌ सुभैरवम्‌ । अर्जुनके सम्मुख जाते हुए उन शत्रुओंके सामने पहुँचकर महारथी शिखण्डी

Transliteration

śikhaṇḍi-śaineya-yamāḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ vindārayantaḥ vyanadan subhairavam

Translation

Karna said: “Śikhaṇḍī, Śaineya (Sātyaki), and the twin sons of Mādrī (Nakula and Sahadeva) advanced to face the foes who had come before Arjuna. Halting them there, those great chariot-warriors tore into the enemy ranks with keen arrows and raised a dreadful battle-roar.”

Word by Word

• शिखण्डि: Shikhaṇḍin
• शिखण्डि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिखण्डि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शैनेय: Śaineya (Sātyaki)
• शैनेय: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैनेय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यमाः: Yamas / death-like ones
• यमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शितैः: with sharp
• शितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• शरैः: arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• विन्दारयन्तः: splitting/piercing
• विन्दारयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् + दारय (causative sense: to split/pierce)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• व्यनदन्: they roared
• व्यनदन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Plural

• सुभैरवम्: very terrible (roar/sound)
• सुभैरवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + भैरव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• Shikhandi
• Sātyaki (Śaineya)
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• Arjuna
• arrows