Shloka 20

युधिष्ठिरस्य धनंजय-प्रति गर्हा

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Reproach to Dhanaṃjaya

Devanagari script

स तु वेगवता मुक्तो बाणो वज्जाशनिस्वन: । विवेश सहसा कर्ण सब्ये पाश्वे महारथम्‌,वेगवान्‌ युधिष्ठिरका छोड़ा हुआ वज्र और बिजलीके समान शब्द करनेवाला वह बाण सहसा महारथी कर्णकी बायीं पसलीमें घुस गया

Transliteration

sa tu vegavatā mukto bāṇo vajrāśanisvanaḥ | viveśa sahasā karṇaṃ savye pārśve mahāratham ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: Стрела, выпущенная с неистовой быстротой и гремящая, как гром и молния, внезапно пронзила левый бок великого колесничего воина Карны.

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (arrow)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• वेगवता: by/with (one) having speed; by the swift (archer)
• वेगवता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेगवत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मुक्तः: released/shot
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बाणः: arrow
• बाणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वज्राशनिस्वनः: having a sound like thunderbolt and lightning
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वज्राशनिस्वन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विवेश: entered/pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सहसा: suddenly/at once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• कर्णस्य: of Karna
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वामे: in the left
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाम
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• पार्श्वे: in the side/rib
• पार्श्वे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महारथम्: the great chariot-warrior (Karna)
• महारथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Karna
• arrow (bāṇa)
• thunderbolt (vajra)
• lightning (aśani)