Shloka 9

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

Kṛṣṇa’s strategic reassurance

Devanagari script

तेडन्योन्यं समरे योधा: शरशक्तिपरश्वथै: । प्रैथयन्‌ परलोकाय विचरन्तो हभीतवत्‌,उस समरांगणमें वे समस्त योद्धा निर्भय-से विचरते हुए बाण, शक्ति और फरसोंकी मारसे एक-दूसरेको परलोक भेज रहे थे

Transliteration

te ’nyonyaṃ samare yodhāḥ śara-śakti-paraśvadhaiḥ | praiṣayan paralokāya vicaranto ’bhītavat ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Auf jenem Schlachtfeld bewegten sich die Krieger ohne Furcht; mit Pfeilen, Speeren und Äxten sandten sie einander fort in die nächste Welt.

Word by Word

• ते: they/those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अन्योन्यम्: one another (mutually)
• अन्योन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्योन्य
• Form: true

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• योधाः: warriors
• योधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शर-शक्ति-परश्वथैः: with arrows, spears, and axes
• शर-शक्ति-परश्वथैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर/शक्ति/परश्वथ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रैषयन्: they sent/caused to go
• प्रैषयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष् (प्रेषयति)
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• परलोकाय: to the next world
• परलोकाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परलोक
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• विचरन्तः: moving about/roaming
• विचरन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर्
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अभीतवत्: fearlessly (as if fearless)
• अभीतवत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभीतवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, adverbial sense with plural subject

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• warriors (yodhāḥ)
• battlefield (samara/samarāṅgaṇa implied)
• arrows (śara)
• spears/javelins (śakti)
• axes (paraśvadha)
• the other world/afterlife (paraloka)