Shloka 31

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय 54: फल्गुन-प्रतिरोधः, सौबली-व्यूह-विध्वंसः, दुर्योधन-भीष्म-संवादः

Devanagari script

कप अं त्वा ततो राजा धृष्टद्युम्नं महारथम्‌ | [ समितौ तस्यां वासुदेवस्यथ शृण्वत:,यह सुनकर धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरने भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्णके सुनते ही उस सभामें महारथी धृष्टद्यम्नसे कहा--

Transliteration

tataḥ sa rājā dhṛṣṭadyumnaṁ mahāratham | samitau tasyāṁ vāsudevasya atha śṛṇvataḥ ||

Translation

Daraufhin wandte sich König Yudhiṣṭhira, in eben jener Versammlung und am Vorabend der Schlacht, an Dhṛṣṭadyumna – den großen Wagenkämpfer –, während Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa) zuhörte.

Word by Word

• किम्: what?/why?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम्

• त्वा: you (object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Gender: —, Case: Accusative, Number: Singular

• ततः: then/from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Singular

• धृष्टद्युम्नम्: Dhrishtadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Accusative, Number: Singular

• महारथम्: great chariot-warrior
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Accusative, Number: Singular

• समितौ: in the battle/assembly
• समितौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समिति
• Form: Gender: Feminine, Case: Locative, Number: Singular

• तस्याम्: in that (f.)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Gender: Feminine, Case: Locative, Number: Singular

• वासुदेवस्य: of Vasudeva (Krishna)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Genitive, Number: Singular

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• शृण्वतः: while (he) was listening / of (him) listening
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (शृणु)
• Form: Present active participle; Gender: Masculine/Neuter, Case: Genitive, Number: Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja)