Shloka 61

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Sañjaya-saṃvādaḥ; madhyāhna-saṅgrāma-pravṛttiḥ

Dhritarashtra–Sanjaya dialogue and the midday battle escalation

Devanagari script

हताश्वश्व ततस्तूर्ण वृषकस्य रथं ययौ । श्यालस्य ते महाराज तव पुत्रस्य पश्यत:,महाराज! तब घोड़ोंके मारे जानेपर कृतवर्मा आपके पुत्रके देखते-देखते तुरंत ही आपके साले वृषकके रथपर सवार हो गया

Transliteration

hatāśvaśvaḥ tataḥ tūrṇaṁ vṛṣakasya rathaṁ yayau | śyālasya te mahārāja tava putrasya paśyataḥ ||

Translation

সঞ্জয় বললেন—অশ্বহানি ঘটতেই কৃতবর্মা তৎক্ষণাৎ আপনার শ্যালক বৃষকের রথে উঠে পড়ল, মহারাজ; এবং তা আপনার পুত্রের চোখের সামনেই ঘটল।

Word by Word

• हताश्वः: whose horses were slain / horse-less (by slaughter)
• हताश्वः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हताश्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम्

• वृषकस्य: of Vṛṣaka
• वृषकस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• रथम्: chariot
• रथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ययौ: went, proceeded
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• श्यालस्य: of (your) brother-in-law
• श्यालस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्याल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• पुत्रस्य: of (your) son
• पुत्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पश्यतः: while (he) was seeing; in the presence of (him) watching
• पश्यतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्यत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Kṛtavarman
• Vṛṣaka
• tava putra (Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son)
• ratha (chariot)
• aśva (horses)