Shloka 696

अध्याय ६० — कर्णस्य पाञ्चाल-सोमक-निग्रहः

Karna’s Suppression of the Panchala–Somaka Forces

Devanagari script

रराज भूमि: पतितै: क्षीणपुण्यैरिव ग्रहै: । दीप्तिमती प्रभा तथा रत्नोंक आभूषण धारण करके गिरे हुए हाथीसवारोंसे वह भूमि वैसी ही शोभा पा रही थी, मानो पुण्य क्षीण हो जानेपर स्वर्गलोकके ग्रह वहाँ भूतलपर गिर पड़े हों

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | rarāja bhūmiḥ patitaiḥ kṣīṇapuṇyair iva grahaiḥ | dīptimatī prabhā tathā ratnānka-ābhūṣaṇa-dhāraṇa-kṛtā |

Translation

Disse Sañjaya: O chão reluzia com os cavaleiros de elefante caídos, adornados com ornamentos radiantes cravejados de joias—como se os próprios planetas celestes, esgotado o seu mérito, tivessem despencado do céu sobre a terra.

Word by Word

• रराज: shone, was resplendent
• रराज: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: राज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), 3, singular

• भूमिः: the earth/ground
• भूमिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• पतितैः: with fallen (ones)
• पतितैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पतित (कृदन्त; √पत्)
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• क्षीणपुण्यैः: with those whose merit is exhausted
• क्षीणपुण्यैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षीणपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

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

• ग्रहैः: with planets
• ग्रहैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• bhūmi (battlefield/earth)
• graha (planets/heavenly bodies)
• ratna (jewels)
• ābhūṣaṇa (ornaments)
• fallen elephant-riders (hastyaśvārūḍha/elephant corps context)