Shloka 80
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
Devanagari script
ततस्तमिषुमादाय विष्णुसोमाग्निसम्भवम्
Transliteration
tatastam iṣum ādāya viṣṇu-soma-agni-sambhavam
Translation
پھر پِتامہ نے وہ تیر اٹھایا جس کے بارے میں کہا جاتا ہے کہ وہ وِشنو، سوم اور اگنی کی مشترکہ قوت سے پیدا ہوا تھا۔
Word by Word
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद्
FormAvyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/then')
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इषुम्arrow
इषुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootइषु
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
आदायhaving taken
आदाय:
TypeVerb
Rootआ + दा
FormAbsolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), indeclinable; 'having taken'
विष्णु-सोम-अग्नि-सम्भवम्born of (originating from) Viṣṇu, Soma, and Agni
विष्णु-सोम-अग्नि-सम्भवम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्भव (from सम् + भू) / सम्भव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
पितामह उवाच
Characters & Entities
प
पितामह (Bhīṣma)इ
इषु (divine arrow)व
विष्णुस
सोमअ
अग्निCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the gravity of invoking divinely sourced force in battle: power is not merely technical but morally weighty, and its use implies responsibility, restraint, and awareness of dharma amid violence.
Bhīṣma (the grandsire) takes up a particular arrow described as born from the powers of Viṣṇu, Soma, and Agni, indicating preparation to employ an extraordinary, consecrated missile in the ongoing conflict.