Shloka 52

Devanagari script

तदस्य हत्वा विरराज कर्णो मुक्त्वा शरान्‌ मेघ इवाम्बुधारा: । समीक्ष्य कर्णेन किरीटिनस्तु तथा55जिमध्ये निहतं तदस्त्रम्‌

Transliteration

tadasya hatvā virarāja karṇo muktvā śarān megha ivāmbudhārāḥ | samīkṣya karṇena kirīṭinastu tathā yuddhamadhye nihataṃ tad astram ||

Translation

三阇耶说道：击破了他那一招（武器/手段）之后，迦尔那光彩夺目，放箭如云倾雨幕。见自己的飞矢竟在战阵中央被迦尔那如此摧毁，戴冠的阿周那便直面迦尔那的雄威。此景昭示：武艺的辉煌与意志的坚决，足以翻转最强的谋略；而战士们仍被各自所择之义务所系，承受着骨肉相残之战的道德重负。

Word by Word

• तत्: that (weapon/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• हत्वा: having slain/destroyed
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• विरराज: shone forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: राज्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कर्णः: Karna
• कर्णः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुक्त्वा: having released
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

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

• मेघः: a cloud
• मेघः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अम्बुधाराः: streams of water (rain-showers)
• अम्बुधाराः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बुधारा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• समीक्ष्य: having observed/seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ईक्ष्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• कर्णेन: by Karna
• कर्णेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• किरीटिनः: of the diadem-wearer (Arjuna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरीटिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• तथा: thus/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अजिमध्ये: in the midst of battle
• अजिमध्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजि + मध्य
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• निहतम्: slain/destroyed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अस्त्रम्: weapon/missile
• अस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Karna
• Arjuna (Kirīṭin)
• astra (weapon/missile)
• śara (arrows)