Shloka 42

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

Devanagari script

तान्‌ द्रोण: प्रतिजग्राह परीप्सन्‌ युधि पाण्डवम्‌

Transliteration

tān droṇaḥ pratijagrāha parīpsan yudhi pāṇḍavam

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Um den Pāṇḍava mitten im Kampf zu ergreifen, nahm Droṇa die Herausforderung an und rückte zum Gefecht vor.

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• प्रतिजग्राह: accepted / received
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Active

• परीप्सन्: desiring to obtain / seeking
• परीप्सन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-आप्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युधि: in battle
• युधि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युध्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (one of the Pandavas)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa
• Pāṇḍava(s)