Shloka 37

कर्ण-पाण्डव-संमर्दः — Karṇa and Arjuna’s Intensified Engagement

Devanagari script

तावन्योन्यं जिघांसन्तौ शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्महारथौ । प्रेक्षणीयतरावास्तां वृष्टिमन्ताविवाम्बुदौ,पैने बाणोंद्वारा एक-दूसरेको मार डालनेकी इच्छावाले वे दोनों महारथी वीर वर्षा करनेवाले बादलोंके समान अत्यन्त दर्शनीय हो रहे थे

Transliteration

tāv anyonyaṃ jighāṃsantau śarais tīkṣṇair mahārathau | prekṣaṇīyatarāv āstāṃ vṛṣṭimantāv ivāmbudau ||

Translation

పదునైన బాణాలతో పరస్పరం సంహరించాలనే ఉద్దేశంతో ఉన్న ఆ ఇద్దరు మహారథులు, వర్షభరిత మేఘాలవలె అత్యంత దర్శనీయంగా నిలిచారు.

Word by Word

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• अन्योन्यम्: each other (mutually)
• अन्योन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य

• जिघांसन्तौ: desiring to kill / intending to slay
• जिघांसन्तौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual, शतृ (present active participle), Present (participle)

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तीक्ष्णैः: sharp
• तीक्ष्णैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• महारथौ: the two great chariot-warriors
• महारथौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• प्रेक्षणीयतरौ: more worthy to be seen / more splendid to behold
• प्रेक्षणीयतरौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रेक्षणीयतर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual, Comparative

• आस्ताम्: they were / they stood
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Dual, Parasmaipada

• वृष्टिमन्तौ: rain-bearing
• वृष्टिमन्तौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृष्टिमन्त्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• इव: like / as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अम्बुदौ: two clouds
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बुद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• two mahārathas (unnamed in this verse)
• arrows (śara)