Shloka 112

Sauptika Parva, Adhyaya 8 — Dhṛṣṭadyumna-vadha and the Camp’s Nocturnal Rout

Devanagari script

कांश्चिद्‌ योधान्‌ स खड्गेन मध्ये संछिद्य वीर्यवान्‌

Transliteration

kāṁścid yodhān sa khaḍgena madhye saṁchidya vīryavān

Translation

Sañjaya said: The mighty warrior, cutting down some of the fighters with his sword in the midst of the fray, continued his ruthless work—an image of night-battle violence where valor is severed from restraint and the ethical order of war is eclipsed by slaughter.

Word by Word

• कान्: some (whom)
• कान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क (किम्-प्रातिपदिकस्य विशेषणरूपः)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• चित्: indeed/ever; (with क-) gives 'some'
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित्

• योधान्: warriors
• योधान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• खड्गेन: with a sword
• खड्गेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मध्ये: in the middle
• मध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संछिद्य: having cut asunder
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), सम्, Parasmaipada (usage)

• वीर्यवान्: powerful/valiant
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• warriors (yodhāḥ)
• sword (khaḍga)