Shloka 34

अभिमन्युवधः

Abhimanyu’s Fall and the Battlefield Aftermath

Devanagari script

स च्छिन्नथधन्वा विरथ: स्वधर्ममनुपालयन्‌

Transliteration

sa cchinnadhanvā virathaḥ svadharmam anupālayan

Translation

قال سانجيا: حتى وقد قُطع قوسه وفقد مركبته الحربية، ظلّ متمسّكًا بواجبه—ثابتًا على شريعة المحارب وسط فوضى المعركة.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• छिन्न: cut off, broken
• छिन्न: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• धन्वा: with (his) bow
• धन्वा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• विरथः: without a chariot, chariotless
• विरथः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वधर्मम्: one's own duty
• स्वधर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुपालयन्: upholding, observing
• अनुपालयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पाल्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle), Present (vartamana)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya