Shloka 5

कर्णपर्व — चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः

Arjuna’s Suppression of the Saṃśaptakas; Kṛṣṇa’s Strategic Admonition; Battlefield Inventory

Devanagari script

शरै: शरांस्ततो द्रौणि: संवार्य युधि पाण्डवम्‌ । ललाटे< भ्याहनद्‌ राजन्‌ नाराचेन स्मयन्निव

Transliteration

śaraiḥ śarāṁs tato drauṇiḥ saṁvārya yudhi pāṇḍavam | lalāṭe 'bhyāhanad rājan nārācena smayann iva ||

Translation

桑阇耶说：随后，德罗那之子以箭雨在战中遏制般度之子，又以一支那罗遮重箭击中其额头，仿佛带着轻蔑的冷笑。

Word by Word

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

• शरान्: arrows
• शरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• द्रौणिः: Drauni (Aśvatthāman)
• द्रौणिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रौणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• संवार्य: having checked/warded off
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√वृ (वृणोति/वृ)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पाण्डवम्: the Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ललाटे: on the forehead
• ललाटे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ललाट
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अभ्याहनत्: struck; smote
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√हन्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नाराचेन: with a steel-shafted arrow (nārāca)
• नाराचेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाराच
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• स्मयन्: smiling
• स्मयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मि
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Drauṇi (Aśvatthāman)
• Pāṇḍava (unspecified)
• śara (arrows)
• nārāca (iron-tipped arrow)