Shloka 17

Nārada’s Account of the Kaliṅga Svayaṃvara: Duryodhana’s Seizure and Karṇa’s Escort

Devanagari script

कर्णस्तेषामापततामेकैकेन शरेण ह । धनूंषि च शरब्रातान्‌ पातयामास भूतले

Transliteration

karṇas teṣām āpatatām ekaikena śareṇa ha | dhanūṃṣi ca śarabrātān pātayāmāsa bhūtale ||

Translation

कर्णस्तेषामापततामेकैकेन शरेण ह । धनूंषि च शरव्रातान् पातयामास भूतले ॥

Word by Word

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• आपतताम्: of those who were rushing/attacking
• आपतताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपत् (आ + पत्)
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• एकैकेन: with each single (one by one)
• एकैकेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकैक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• शरेण: with an arrow
• शरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ह: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

• धनूंषि: bows
• धनूंषि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• शरव्रातान्: clusters/volleys of arrows
• शरव्रातान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरव्रात
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पातयामास: caused to fall / felled
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (causative: पातयति)
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भूतले: on the ground
• भूतले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karṇa
• arrows (śara)
• bows (dhanus)
• bundles of arrows (śarabrāta)
• earth/ground (bhūtala)