Shloka 25

Arjuna’s Concentrated Archery and the Rout of the Kaurava Mahārathas

Gāṇḍīva-Nirghoṣa Episode

Devanagari script

स तु लब्ध्वा पुन: स्थानं गौतम: सव्यसाचिनम्‌ | विव्याध दशभिन्बाणैस्त्वरित: कड्कपत्रिभि:,किंतु कृपाचार्यने पुन: अपना स्थान ग्रहण कर लेनेपर तुरंत ही सफेद चीलके पंखोंसे युत्त दस बाणोंका प्रहार करके सव्यसाची अर्जुनको बींध डाला

Transliteration

sa tu labdhvā punaḥ sthānaṃ gautamaḥ savyasācinam | vivyādha daśabhir bāṇais tvaritaḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ ||

Translation

Вайшампаяна сказал: Но Гаутама (Крипачарья), вновь заняв своё место, поспешно пронзил Арджуну, двурукого лучника, десятью стрелами, оперёнными перьями цапли.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• स्थानम्: position/place
• स्थानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गौतमः: Gautama (Kripa)
• गौतमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सव्यसाचिनम्: the ambidextrous archer (Arjuna)
• सव्यसाचिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्यसाचिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विव्याध: pierced/wounded
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्यध्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दशभिः: with ten
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• त्वरितः: swift/hastened
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• कङ्कपत्रिभिः: with (arrows) having heron-feathers
• कङ्कपत्रिभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कङ्कपत्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gautama (Kṛpācārya/Kṛpa)
• Arjuna (Savyasācin)
• bāṇa (arrows)
• kaṅka-patra (heron feathers)