Shloka 4

द्रोणवध-प्रश्नः

Droṇa’s Fall: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Inquiry

Devanagari script

पारावतसवर्णस्तु हेमभाण्डैर्महाजवै: । पाज्चालराजस्य सुतो धृष्टब्युन्नो न्यवर्तत,पांचालराजकुमार धृष्टद्युम्न कबूतरके5ं समान (सफेद और नीले) रंगवाले सुवर्णभूषित एवं अत्यन्त वेगशाली घोड़ोंके द्वारा लौट आया

Transliteration

pārāvata-savarṇas tu hema-bhāṇḍair mahājavaiḥ | pāñcālarājasya suto dhṛṣṭadyumno nyavartata ||

Translation

Sañjaya sprach: Dhṛṣṭadyumna, der Sohn des Königs der Pāñcālas, dessen Erscheinung einer Taube glich, wandte sich zurück—getragen von überaus schnellen Pferden, mit goldenen Geschirren geschmückt.

Word by Word

• pārāvata-savarṇaḥ: of dove-like color
• pārāvata-savarṇaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pārāvata-savarṇa
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• tu: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu

• hema-bhāṇḍaiḥ: with golden trappings/ornaments
• hema-bhāṇḍaiḥ: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: hema-bhāṇḍa
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• mahā-javaiḥ: with very swift (ones)
• mahā-javaiḥ: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā-java
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• pāñcāla-rājasya: of the king of the Pāñcālas
• pāñcāla-rājasya: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāñcāla-rāja
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• sutaḥ: son
• sutaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ: Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• dhṛṣṭadyumnaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• nyavartata: returned/turned back
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛt (nivṛt)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Pāñcāla (kingdom/people)
• Pāñcāla king (Drupada, implied by patronymic)
• horses
• golden trappings (hema-bhāṇḍa)