Shloka 11

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 155 — Ghaṭotkaca-nidhana-śoka and Karṇa-śakti-vyaya

Kṛṣṇa’s strategic reassurance

Devanagari script

तथा प्रयुध्यमानेषु पाण्डवेयेषु भारत । दुर्योधनो महाराज व्यवागाहत तद्‌ बलम्‌

Transliteration

tathā prayudhyamāneṣu pāṇḍaveyeṣu bhārata | duryodhano mahārāja vyavagāhata tad balam ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: „O Bhārata, während die Söhne Pāṇḍus so in heftigem Kampf standen, stürzte sich König Duryodhana in jenes Heer.“

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• प्रयुध्यमानेषु: while (they were) fighting
• प्रयुध्यमानेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + युध्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural, शानच् (present participle, Ātmanepada sense)

• पाण्डवेयेषु: among the sons/descendants of Pāṇḍu (the Pāṇḍavas’ side)
• पाण्डवेयेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डवेय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• व्यवागाहत: plunged into, entered
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + गाह्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• बलम्: army, force
• बलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as Bhārata, Mahārāja)
• Duryodhana
• Pāṇḍavas