Shloka 24

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

Gāṇḍīva-Nirghoṣa Episode

Devanagari script

च्युतं तु गौतमं स्थानात्‌ समीक्ष्य कुरुनन्दन: । नाविध्यत्‌ परवीरध्नो रक्षमाणो5स्य गौरवम्‌,कृपाचार्यको स्थानसे गिरा हुआ देख शत्रुवीरोंका नाश करनेवाले कुरुनन्दन अर्जुनने उनके गौरवकी रक्षा करते हुए उनपर बाणोंसे आघात नहीं किया

Transliteration

cyutaṃ tu gautamaṃ sthānāt samīkṣya kurunandanaḥ | nāvidhyat paravīradhno rakṣamāṇo 'sya gauravam ||

Translation

เมื่อเห็นโคตมะ (ครูกรฤปาจารย์) ตกจากตำแหน่ง กุรุนันทนะอรชุน ผู้ปราบวีรชนฝ่ายศัตรู ก็ไม่ยิงศรซ้ำ หากคุ้มครองเกียรติของผู้เฒ่าไว้แม้ในท่ามกลางศึก

Word by Word

• च्युतम्: fallen, slipped down
• च्युतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: च्युत (√च्यु)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but, however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• गौतमम्: Gautama (Kripa)
• गौतमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स्थानात्: from (his) position/place
• स्थानात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• समीक्ष्य: having seen/observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ईक्ष्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• कुरुनन्दनः: Kuru-delighter (Arjuna)
• कुरुनन्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अविध्यत्: struck/pierced
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-व्यध्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• परवीरध्नः: slayer of enemy-heroes
• परवीरध्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परवीरध्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रक्षमाणः: protecting
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• गौरवम्: honor, dignity
• गौरवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Gautama (Kṛpācārya/Kṛpa)
• Kurunandana (Arjuna)