Shloka 32

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 114 — Karṇa–Bhīmasena Missile Exchange, Disarmament, and Arjuna’s Intervention

Devanagari script

मदर्थमद्य संयत्ता दुर्योधनवशानुगा: । एतान्‌ हत्वा शरै राजन्‌ किरातान्‌ युद्धदुर्मदान्‌

Transliteration

madartham adya saṁyattā duryodhana-vaśānugāḥ | etān hatvā śarai rājān kirātān yuddha-durmadān ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „Um meinetwillen haben sie heute zu den Waffen gegriffen, dem Willen Duryodhanas unterworfen. O König, wenn du diese Kirāta-Krieger—vom Kampf übermütig gemacht—mit deinen Pfeilen erschlagen hast …“

Word by Word

• मत्: from me / on my account
• मत्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Panchami, Ekavachana

• अर्थम्: purpose, sake
• अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Pum, Dvitiya, Ekavachana

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• संयत्ताः: arrayed, prepared (for battle)
• संयत्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-यत्
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Bahuvachana

• दुर्योधन-वश-अनुगाः: followers under Duryodhana's control
• दुर्योधन-वश-अनुगाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुग (from अनु-गम्)
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Bahuvachana

• एतान्: these (men)
• एतान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Pum, Dvitiya, Bahuvachana

• हत्वा: having slain
• हत्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Absolutive (Ktva), —, —

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर
• Form: Pum, Tritiya, Bahuvachana

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Pum, Sambodhana, Ekavachana

• किरातान्: Kirātas (mountain hunters/tribesmen)
• किरातान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरात
• Form: Pum, Dvitiya, Bahuvachana

• युद्ध-दुर्मदान्: arrogant in battle
• युद्ध-दुर्मदान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्मद
• Form: Pum, Dvitiya, Bahuvachana

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• King (Dhṛtarāṣṭra, implied by address rājan)
• Kirātas
• arrows (śara)