Shloka 48

Aśvatthāman’s Arrow-Screen and the Confrontation with Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रौणि–युधिष्ठिर-संग्रामः)

Devanagari script

सारड् इव घर्मार्त: कामं विलप शुष्य च

Transliteration

sāraḍ iva gharmārtaḥ kāmaṁ vilapa śuṣya ca

Translation

ਤਿੱਖੀ ਗਰਮੀ ਨਾਲ ਤੜਫਦੇ ਸਾਰਥੀ ਵਾਂਗ, ਜਿੰਨਾ ਮਰਜ਼ੀ ਵਿਲਾਪ ਕਰ—ਅਤੇ ਸੁੱਕਦਾ ਜਾ।

Word by Word

• सारट्: a lizard (sāraṭ)
• सारट्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारट्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• घर्मार्तः: afflicted by heat
• घर्मार्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घर्मार्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कामम्: indeed, surely (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: काम

• विलप: lament! wail!
• Type: Verb
• Root: विलप्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शुष्य: dry up! wither!
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुष्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• charioteer (sāraṭ)