Shloka 17

शकुनिवधः — Sahadeva’s Slaying of Śakuni

with Ulūka’s fall

Devanagari script

अश्वत्थामा कृपश्रैव त्रिगर्ताधिपतिस्तथा । उलूक: शकुनिश्चैव कृतवर्मा च सात्वत:

Transliteration

aśvatthāmā kṛpaś caiva trigartādhipatis tathā | ulūkaḥ śakuniś caiva kṛtavarmā ca sātvatāḥ ||

Translation

সঞ্জয় বললেন— অশ্বত্থামা ও কৃপ; তদ্রূপ ত্রিগর্তদের অধিপতি; উলূক ও শকুনি; এবং সাত্বতবংশীয় কৃতবর্মাও।

Word by Word

• अश्वत्थामा: Ashvatthaman
• अश्वत्थामा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वत्थामन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृपः: Kripa
• कृपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• त्रिगर्ताधिपतिः: the lord/king of the Trigartas
• त्रिगर्ताधिपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिगर्ताधिपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• उलूकः: Uluka
• उलूकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शकुनिः: Shakuni
• शकुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शकुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• कृतवर्मा: Kritavarman
• कृतवर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतवर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• सात्वतः: the Satvata (i.e., Kritavarman of the Satvatas)
• सात्वतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्वत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Aśvatthāmā
• Kṛpa (Kṛpācārya)
• Trigarta king (Trigartādhipati, commonly Susharman)
• Ulūka
• Śakuni
• Kṛtavarmā
• Sātvatas
• Trigartas