Shloka 99

Devanagari script

ततो ज्यां विनिधायान्यामभिमन्त्रय च पाण्डव: । शरैरवाकिरत्‌ कर्ण दीप्यमानैरिवाहिभि:

Transliteration

tato jyāṁ vinidhāyānyām abhimantrya ca pāṇḍavaḥ | śarair avākirat karṇaṁ dīpyamānair ivāhibhiḥ ||

Translation

سنجے نے کہا—پھر پانڈوپتر ارجن نے دوسری ڈوری چڑھا کر اسے منتر سے ابھیمन्त्रت کیا اور جلتے ہوئے سانپوں کی مانند دہکتے تیروں کی بارش سے کرن کو ڈھانپ دیا۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• ज्याम्: bowstring
• ज्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• विनिधाय: having fixed/placed
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-धा (विधा)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• अन्याम्: another
• अन्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अभिमन्त्र्य: having consecrated/enchanted (with mantra)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-मन्त्र्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अवाकिरत्: showered, covered (with a rain of arrows)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-किॄ (किरति)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कर्णम्: Karna
• कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दीप्यमानैः: blazing, shining
• दीप्यमानैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्यमान
• Form: शानच् (present participle, middle), Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• इव: like, as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अहिभिः: with serpents
• अहिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)
• Karṇa
• bowstring (jyā)
• arrows (śara)
• mantra (implied by abhimantrya)
• serpents (āhi, as simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that martial power in the epic is ideally governed by discipline and sanctioned knowledge: Arjuna does not merely attack, he prepares his weapon properly and invokes mantra, suggesting responsibility and trained restraint even amid lethal conflict.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya describes Arjuna re-stringing (or fitting an additional string) and empowering it with mantra, then unleashing a dense volley of blazing arrows that envelops Karṇa, intensifying the duel’s ferocity.