Shloka 9

भीमसेन-दुर्योधन-समागमः

Bhīmasena–Duryodhana Engagement at Sunset

Devanagari script

धृष्टकेतुश्व॒ समरे राक्षसश्न घटोत्कच: । (नाकुलिश्व शतानीक: समरे रथपुड्रव: ।) पुत्राणां ते रथानीकं प्रत्युद्याता: सुदुर्जया:,धृष्टकेतु, राक्षस घटोत्कव और नकुलपुत्र श्रेष्ठ रथी शतानीक--इन अत्यन्त दुर्जय वीरोंने समरांगणमें आपकी रथसेनापर आक्रमण किया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | dhṛṣṭaketuś ca samare rākṣasaś ca ghaṭotkacaḥ | nakuliś ca śatānīkaḥ samare rathapuṅgavaḥ | putrāṇāṃ te rathānīkaṃ pratyudyātāḥ sudurjayāḥ |

Translation

ধৃষ্টকেতু, রাক্ষস ঘটোৎকচ এবং নকুলপুত্র শ্রেষ্ঠ রথী শতানীক—এই অতি দুর্জয় বীরেরা সমরে তোমার পুত্রদের রথবাহিনীর বিরুদ্ধে অগ্রসর হয়ে আঘাত হানল।

Word by Word

• धृष्टकेतुः: Dhṛṣṭaketu (a warrior/king)
• धृष्टकेतुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टकेतु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राक्षसः: the rākṣasa (demon)
• राक्षसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• घटोत्कचः: Ghaṭotkaca
• घटोत्कचः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: घटोत्कच
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नाकुलिः: son/descendant of Nakula
• नाकुलिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाकुलि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• शतानीकः: Śatānīka
• शतानीकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतानीक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• रथपुङ्गवः: foremost among chariot-warriors
• रथपुङ्गवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथपुङ्गव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्राणाम्: of the sons
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• रथानीकम्: the chariot-division (of the army)
• रथानीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथानीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रत्युद्याताḥ: having advanced/attacked (set forth against)
• प्रत्युद्याताḥ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-उद्-या
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle, used actively)

• सुदुर्जयाः: very hard to conquer
• सुदुर्जयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदुर्जय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛṣṭaketu
• Ghaṭotkaca
• Nakula
• Śatānīka
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'your sons')
• Kauravas (implied by 'your sons')
• chariot formation (rathānīka)