SanskritIASTMeaning
ततः द्रोणाभ्यनुज्ञातः पार्थः परपुरंजयःtataḥ droṇābhyanujñātaḥ pārthaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥthen, with Drona's permission, Partha, conqueror of enemy cities,
भ्रातृभिः त्वरया आश्लिष्टः रणाय उपजगाम तम्bhrātṛbhiḥ tvarayā āśliṣṭaḥ raṇāya upajagāma tamembraced hastily by his brothers, advanced to battle against him
ततः दुर्योधनेन अपि सभ्रात्रा समरोद्यतःtataḥ duryodhanena api sabhrātrā samarodyataḥthen Karna too, embraced by Duryodhana together with his brothers, ready for combat,
परिष्वक्तः स्थितः कर्णः प्रगृह्य सशरं धनुःpariṣvaktaḥ sthitaḥ karṇaḥ pragṛhya saśaraṃ dhanuḥstood grasping his bow with an arrow
ततः सविद्युत्स्तनितैः सेन्द्रायुधपुरोजवैःtataḥ savidyutstanitaiḥ sendrāyudhapurojavaiḥthen [with clouds] flashing with lightning and thunder, heralded by a rainbow,
आवृतं गगनं मेघैः बलाकापङ्क्तिहासिभिःāvṛtaṃ gaganaṃ meghaiḥ balākāpaṅktihāsibhiḥthe sky became covered with clouds, [like] laughing rows of cranes
ततः स्नेहात् हरिहयं दृष्ट्वा रङ्गावलोकिनम्tataḥ snehāt harihayaṃ dṛṣṭvā raṅgāvalokinamthen the Sun, out of love [for his son], seeing Indra (Harihaya) gazing upon the arena,
भास्करः अपि अनयत् नाशं समीपोपगतान् घनान्bhāskaraḥ api anayat nāśaṃ samīpopagatān ghanānBhaskara dispersed the clouds that had drawn near [to Karna]
मेघच्छायोपगूढः तु ततः अदृश्यत पाण्डवःmeghacchāyopagūḍhaḥ tu tataḥ adṛśyata pāṇḍavaḥand shrouded in the shadow of clouds appeared the Pandava (Arjuna),
सूर्यातपपरिक्षिप्तः कर्णः अपि समदृश्यतsūryātapaparikṣiptaḥ karṇaḥ api samadṛśyatawhile bathed in the sun's heat appeared Karna
धार्तराष्ट्राः यतः कर्णः तस्मिन् देशे व्यवस्थिताःdhārtarāṣṭrāḥ yataḥ karṇaḥ tasmin deśe vyavasthitāḥthe sons of Dhritarashtra stood there, where Karna [was],
भारद्वाजः कृपः भीष्मः यतः पार्थः ततः अभवन्bhāradvājaḥ kṛpaḥ bhīṣmaḥ yataḥ pārthaḥ tataḥ abhavanwhile Drona, Kripa, and Bhishma [stood] there, where Partha [was]
वैशंपायनvaiśaṃpāyanaoriginal form "vaiśaṃpāyana", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भ्रातृभिस्bhrātṛbhisoriginal form "bhrātṛbhis", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
त्वरयाश्लिष्टोtvarayāśliṣṭooriginal form "tvarayāśliṣṭo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
रणायोपजगामraṇāyopajagāmaoriginal form "raṇāyopajagāma", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दुर्योधनेनापिduryodhanenāpioriginal form "duryodhanenāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मेघैर्meghairoriginal form "meghair", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
स्नेहाद्snehādoriginal form "snehād", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धरिहयंdharihayaṃoriginal form "dharihayaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भास्करोbhāskarooriginal form "bhāskaro", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽप्य्'pyoriginal form "'py", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनयन्anayanoriginal form "anayan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मेघच्छायोपगूढस्meghacchāyopagūḍhasoriginal form "meghacchāyopagūḍhas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽदृश्यत'dṛśyataoriginal form "'dṛśyata", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कर्णोkarṇooriginal form "karṇo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽपि'pioriginal form "'pi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धार्तराष्ट्राdhārtarāṣṭrāoriginal form "dhārtarāṣṭrā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कर्णस्karṇasoriginal form "karṇas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कृपोkṛpooriginal form "kṛpo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
भीष्मोbhīṣmooriginal form "bhīṣmo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पार्थस्pārthasoriginal form "pārthas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ततोtatooriginal form "tato", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽभवन्'bhavanoriginal form "'bhavan", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Here the very heavens take sides in the quarrel of these sons. It is telling that Indra shrouds Arjuna with clouds while Surya, out of love for his son, disperses the clouds over Karna: the divine fathers unseen come to the defense of their children. It shows that this duel of men mirrors the affection of the gods above, for both warriors are sons of divinity. Telling too is the division of the arena: the Kauravas beside Karna, Bhishma with the teachers beside Arjuna — so the two future armies visibly take shape. Here the whole of creation — sky, gods, and men — is seen splitting in two around this enmity; and in this small image of the arena the coming Kurukshetra already shows through, where these same camps will meet in death.