Shloka 28

धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — सात्यकि-अलम्बुसयोर्युद्धवर्णनम्

Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Dialogue; Account of Sātyaki vs Alambusa

Devanagari script

तं द्रोण: साश्चयन्तारं सरथध्वजमाशुगै:

Transliteration

taṃ droṇaḥ sāśvayantāraṃ sarathadhvajam āśugaiḥ

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Droṇa, als er ihn mit seinen schnellen Pferden und dem vom Banner gekennzeichneten Wagen sah, bedrängte ihn mit raschen, scharf fliegenden Pfeilen.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• द्रोणः: Drona
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स: he
• स: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अश्वयन्तारम्: the horse-driver (charioteer)
• अश्वयन्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वयन्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सरथध्वजम्: with chariot and banner (standard)
• सरथध्वजम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सरथध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आशुगैः: with swift (arrows)
• आशुगैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशुग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Droṇa
• Sañjaya
• chariot (ratha)
• banner/standard (dhvaja)
• horses (aśva)
• arrows (āśuga)