Shloka 21

Adhyāya 40 (Book 7, Droṇa-parva): Abhimanyu’s Rapid Advance and Battlefield Disruption

Devanagari script

ततो5भवन्महायुद्ध॑ त्वदीयानां परै: सह

Transliteration

tato 'bhavan mahāyuddhaṁ tvadīyānāṁ paraiḥ saha

Translation

ثم قامت معركة عظيمة بين قواتك وقوات العدو. واشتد الصراع حتى غدا حرباً شاملة، مُنذِراً بالكلفة الأخلاقية والإنسانية الفادحة التي تعقب ذلك حين يُساق الأقرباء والخصوم معاً إلى عنفٍ لا يلين.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable adverb)

• abhavat: arose, happened, came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū
• Form: Luṅ (aorist), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular

• mahāyuddham: a great battle
• mahāyuddham: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahāyuddha
• Form: Neuter, nominative, singular

• tvadīyānām: of your people/men
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvadīya
• Form: Masculine, genitive, plural

• paraiḥ: with the enemies/others
• paraiḥ: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: para
• Form: Masculine, instrumental, plural

• saha: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha
• Form: Avyaya (postposition governing instrumental)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana (implied by address 'tvadīya')
• Kaurava forces (tvadīyāḥ)
• Pandava forces (parāḥ)