Shloka 20

Droṇasya raudra-prayogaḥ

Droṇa’s intensified assault and the Pāṇḍava response

Devanagari script

हृष्टाश्ष बहवो योधास्तत्राजल्पन्त वेगत:

Transliteration

hṛṣṭāś ca bahavo yodhās tatrājalpanta vegataḥ

Translation

সঞ্জয়ে ক’লে—তাত বহু যোদ্ধা হৃষ্টচিত্ত হৈ বেগে, সোনকালে সোনকালে কথা ক’বলৈ ধৰিলে; ৰণতাপ আৰু ৰণবেগে তেওঁলোকৰ বাক্যপ্ৰবাহ উথলি উঠিল।

Word by Word

• हृष्टाः: delighted, exhilarated
• हृष्टाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √हृष्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• योधाः: warriors
• योधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अजल्पन्त: chattered, spoke (noisily)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जल्प्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• वेगतः: swiftly, with speed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वेग (तस्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय)

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• warriors (yodhāḥ)