Shloka 18

कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line

Devanagari script

शृज़मग्निर्बभूवास्य भलल: सोमो विशाम्पते,वृषभस्यास्य निनदं श्रुत्वा भयकरं महत्‌ | विनाशमगमंस्तत्र तारका: सुरशत्रव:

Transliteration

śṛṅgam agnir babhūvāsya bhallaḥ somo viśāmpate | vṛṣabhasyāsya ninadaṃ śrutvā bhayakaraṃ mahat | vināśam agamans tatra tārakāḥ suraśatravaḥ ||

Translation

杜尔约陀那说道：“噢，众民之主！那箭镞之尖如火燃起，其光泽又如明月。听到这位如雄牛般的英雄发出宏大而骇人的吼声，那里的群星——诸神之敌——仿佛奔向毁灭。”

Word by Word

• शृङ्गम्: horn
• शृङ्गम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अग्निः: fire
• अग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बभूव: became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

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

• भल्लः: a dart/arrow (bhalla)
• भल्लः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सोमः: the Moon/Soma
• सोमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विशाम्: of the people
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• पते: O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वृषभस्य: of the bull
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

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

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• भयकरम्: fear-causing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयकर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विनाशम्: destruction
• विनाशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अगमन्: went/attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: true

• तारकाः: stars
• तारकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• सुरशत्रवः: enemies of the gods (asuras/daityas)
• सुरशत्रवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरशत्रु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana
• bhalla (barbed arrow)
• Agni (fire)
• Soma (moon)
• vṛṣabha (bull-like hero, metaphor)
• tārakāḥ (stars)
• suraśatravaḥ (asuras/dānavas, enemies of the gods)