Shloka 473

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

सप्त चाष्टौ च त्रिंशच्च सायकैरनयत्‌ क्षयम्‌ । रणभूमिमें सुशर्माका वध करके अर्जुनने अपने बाणोंद्वारा उसके पैंतालीस महारथी पुत्रोंकी भी यमलोक पहुँचा दिया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | sapta cāṣṭau ca triṃśac ca sāyakair anayad kṣayam | raṇabhūmau suśarmāṇaṃ vadhaṃ kṛtvā arjunena svabāṇair api tasya pañcatvāriṃśan mahārathī-putrā yamalokaṃ prāpitāḥ |

Translation

Sanjaya berkata: Dengan anak panahnya Arjuna membinasakan tujuh, lapan, dan tiga puluh orang pahlawan; dan di medan perang, setelah membunuh Susharma, dia juga menghantar empat puluh lima orang putera Susharma—para maharathi, pejuang kereta perang agung—ke alam Yama dengan panahnya sendiri.

Word by Word

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त
• Form: —, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

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

• अष्टौ: eight (twofold form: eight)
• अष्टौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टन्
• Form: —, Nominative/Accusative, Dual

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

• त्रिंशत्: thirty
• त्रिंशत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिंशत्
• Form: —, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• सायकैः: with arrows
• सायकैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अनयत्: led, brought
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• क्षयम्: destruction, end
• क्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Arjuna
• Suśarmā
• Suśarmā’s sons (45)
• raṇabhūmi (battlefield)
• sāyaka/bāṇa (arrows)
• Yamaloka
• Yama