Shloka 25

Duryodhana Seeks Droṇa’s Counsel; Imperative to Protect Jayadratha; Pāñcāla Assault on Duryodhana

Devanagari script

ततो दुर्योधन: कृष्णौ नवभिर्नवशभि: शरै:

Transliteration

tato duryodhanaḥ kṛṣṇau navabhir navaśabhiḥ śaraiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Dann traf Duryodhana, den Kampf weiter vorantreibend, die „beiden Kṛṣṇas“ mit neun Pfeilen—eine Tat, die die unerbittliche Eskalation des Krieges spiegelt, in der selbst verehrte Verbündete zu Zielen werden, sobald jede Selbstzucht zerfällt.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereupon')

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• कृष्णौ: the two Krishnas (Krishna and Arjuna)
• कृष्णौ: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: Masculine, accusative, dual

• नवभिः: with nine
• नवभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, instrumental, plural (numeral used adjectivally)

• नवशभिः: ninefold (in sets of nine)
• नवशभिः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवश
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, instrumental, plural (distributive: 'ninefold/in groups of nine')

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Masculine, instrumental, plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• the two Kṛṣṇas (kṛṣṇau)
• arrows (śara)