Shloka 26

द्रौणिप्रतिज्ञा–नारायणास्त्रवर्णनम्

Drauṇi’s Vow and the Description of the Nārāyaṇāstra

Devanagari script

ततस्तु द्रुपदानीकं शरैश्छिन्नतनुच्छदम्‌ । सम्प्राद्रवत्‌ तदा राजन्‌ निशीथे भैरवे सति

Transliteration

tatastu drupadānīkaṁ śaraiś chinnatanuccadam | samprādravat tadā rājan niśīthe bhairave sati ||

Translation

قال سنجيا: ثم، أيها الملك، إن كتيبة دروبادا—وقد قُطِّعت الأجساد ومزّقت الدروع بوابل السهام—انفرط عقدها واندفعت في فرارٍ محموم، إذ سادت ساعةُ منتصف الليل المروِّعة.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from there/then')

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: Avyaya (particle)

• द्रुपद: of Drupada
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुपद
• Form: Masculine, genitive singular (षष्ठी एकवचन)

• अनीकम्: army, host
• अनीकम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनीक
• Form: Neuter, nominative singular (प्रथमा एकवचन)

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, instrumental plural (तृतीया बहुवचन)

• छिन्न: cut, severed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), agreeing with तनुच्छदम् (neuter nominative singular)

• तनु: body (as: bodies)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनु
• Form: Feminine stem used as prior member in compound; overall compound agrees with अनीकम् (neuter nominative singular)

• छदम्: covering, protection (as: bodily covering/armor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छद
• Form: Neuter, nominative singular (प्रथमा एकवचन); in compound तनु-छदम्

• सम्प्राद्रवत्: ran forward, rushed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्र+द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा
• Form: Avyaya (temporal adverb)

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, vocative singular (सम्बोधन एकवचन)

• निशीथे: at midnight
• निशीथे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशीथ
• Form: Masculine, locative singular (सप्तमी एकवचन)

• भैरवे: terrible, dreadful
• भैरवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भैरव
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, locative singular (सप्तमी एकवचन), agreeing with निशीथे

• सति: when (it) was; being
• सति: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अस्
• Form: Locative absolute: present participle (शतृ) locative singular (सति) with implied 'being/when it was'

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Drupada
• Drupada’s army (Drupadānīka)