Mahabharata 7.17.43 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 17, Shloka 43

Saṃśaptakas in Candrārdha-vyūha; Arjuna’s Devadatta and the Traigarta Rout

Chapter 17

Devanagari script

द्रोणो हि बलवाउछूर: कृतास्त्रश्न जितश्रम: । प्रतिज्ञातं च तेनैतद्‌ ग्रहणं मे महारथ

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „O Held, großer Wagenkämpfer, der Lehrer Droṇa ist stark, tapfer und in der Waffenlehre vollendet; er hat die Ermüdung bezwungen und geschworen, mich zu ergreifen und zu Duryodhana zu bringen.“

Word by Word

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

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• बलवान्: strong
• बलवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शूरः: hero/valiant man
• शूरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतास्त्रः: one who has mastered weapons (trained in arms)
• कृतास्त्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतास्त्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितश्रमः: one who has conquered fatigue
• जितश्रमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जितश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतिज्ञातम्: promised/pledged
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रतिज्ञा (धातु: ज्ञा/ज्ञा + प्रति)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ग्रहणम्: seizing/capturing
• ग्रहणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मे: of me/my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• महारथ: O great charioteer
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

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