Shloka 10

Droṇa’s Rebuke to Duryodhana after Jayadratha’s Fall (द्रोणेन दुर्योधनं प्रति प्रत्युक्तिः)

Devanagari script

तत्र देवास्त्वभाषन्त चारणाश्न समागता: । एतदन्ता: समूहा वै भविष्यन्ति महीतले

Transliteration

tatra devāstvabhāṣanta cāraṇāś ca samāgatāḥ | etadantāḥ samūhā vai bhaviṣyanti mahītale ||

Translation

Dort sprachen die Götter, und auch die Cāraṇas hatten sich versammelt. Sie verkündeten: „Auf dem Antlitz der Erde werden diese versammelten Heere hier ihr Ende finden.“

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: indeclinable (locative adverb)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: indeclinable (particle)

• अभाषन्त: spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष्
• Form: imperfect (laṅ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural

• चारणाः: the Cāraṇas (celestial bards)
• चारणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चारण
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: indeclinable (conjunction)

• समागताः: assembled/come together
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम्
• Form: past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural

• एतत्: this
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एतद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• अन्ताः: ends/limits
• अन्ताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• समूहाः: groups/assemblages
• समूहाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समूह
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै
• Form: indeclinable (emphatic particle)

• भविष्यन्ति: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: simple future (lṛṭ), parasmaipada, 3rd person, plural

• महीतले: on the surface of the earth
• महीतले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीतल
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• देवाः (the gods)
• चारणाः (Cāraṇas)
• महीतल (earth)