Shloka 54

कर्णनिधनश्रवणम् — Hearing of Karṇa’s Fall and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Lament

Devanagari script

यथा कृष्णेन नरको मुरुश्न नरकारिणा । कार्तवीर्यश्ष॒ रामेण भार्गवेण यथा हत:

Transliteration

yathā kṛṣṇena narako muruśna narakāriṇā | kārtavīryaś ca rāmeṇa bhārgaveṇa yathā hataḥ ||

Translation

Санджая сказал: «Как Нарака был убит Кришной — губителем Нараки, и как Карттавирья был убит Рамой Бхаргавой (Парашурамой), так же и он был низложен.»

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• कृष्णेन: by Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• नरकः: Naraka (the demon/king)
• नरकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुरुश्नः: Muruśna (proper name/epithet)
• मुरुश्नः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुरुश्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरकारिणा: by the slayer of Naraka
• नरकारिणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरकारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• कार्तवीर्यः: Kārtavīrya (Arjuna)
• कार्तवीर्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तवीर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रामेण: by Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• रामेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• भार्गवेण: by the Bhārgava (descendant of Bhṛgu)
• भार्गवेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• हतः: was slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Kṛṣṇa
• Naraka
• Narakāri (epithet of Kṛṣṇa)
• Muruśna
• Kārtavīrya (Arjuna Kārtavīrya)
• Rāma Bhārgava (Paraśurāma)