Shloka 59

कर्णार्जुनसमागमः — The Karṇa–Arjuna Confrontation

Cosmic Spectatorship and Vows

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वा तु निनदं तेषां वध्यतां कर्णमायकै:

Transliteration

śrutvā tu ninadaṃ teṣāṃ vadhyatāṃ karṇamāyakaiḥ

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—کرن کے لوہے کی نوک والے تیروں سے مارے جانے والوں کا وہ ہنگامہ خیز شور سن کر۔

Word by Word

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), कर्तरि, —, —, —

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• निनदम्: roar/sound
• निनदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निनद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तेषाम्: of them
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वध्यताम्: let them be slain / may they be killed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, आत्मनेपद, Third, Plural

• कर्णमायकैः: by ear-made (arrows/shafts)
• कर्णमायकैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्णमायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Karṇa
• iron/metal missiles (māyaka)