Shloka 18

Droṇavadha-saṃniveśaḥ — The Convergence Toward Droṇa’s Fall

Book 7, Chapter 164

Devanagari script

ततो5परेण भल्लेन ध्वजं चिच्छेद काउ्चनम्‌ | बाह्लीकस्य रणे राजन्‌ सात्यकि: प्रहसन्निव,राजन! फिर सात्यकिने हँसते हुए-से रणभूमिमें एक दूसरे भल्लके द्वारा बाह्लीकपुत्र सोमदत्तके सुवर्णमय ध्वजको काट दिया

Transliteration

tato 'pareṇa bhallena dhvajaṃ ciccheda kāñcanam | bāhlīkasya raṇe rājan sātyakiḥ prahasann iva ||

Translation

Dann, o König, hieb Sātyaki mit einem weiteren breitklingigen Pfeil, gleichsam lächelnd, mitten im Kampf das goldene Banner Somadattas, des Sohnes Bāhlīkas, herab.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अपरेण: with another (one)
• अपरेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• भल्लेन: with an arrow (bhalla)
• भल्लेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• ध्वजम्: banner, standard
• ध्वजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चिच्छेद: cut, severed
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• काञ्चनम्: golden
• काञ्चनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• बाह्लीकस्य: of Bāhlīka
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाह्लीक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• सात्यकिः: Sātyaki
• सात्यकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रहसन्: laughing
• प्रहसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हस्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Sātyaki
• Bāhlīka
• dhvaja (golden banner/standard)
• bhalla (broad-headed arrow)
• raṇa (battlefield)