Shloka 136

रणभूमिवर्णनम् — Devāsuropama-yuddha and the ‘River’ Metaphor of the Battlefield

Devanagari script

पातनं शंस मे भूय: शल्यस्याथ सुतस्य मे | धृतराष्ट्र बोले--संजय! मैंने द्रोणाचार्य

Transliteration

pātanaṃ śaṃsa me bhūyaḥ śalyasyātha sutasya me |

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra sprach: „Sañjaya, ich habe bereits den ganzen Bericht über die Tötung Droṇas, Bhīṣmas und Karṇas, des Sohnes Rādhās, vernommen. Nun erzähle es mir noch einmal—schildern in voller Gänze den Sturz Śalyas und meines Sohnes Duryodhana.“

Word by Word

• पातनम्: the falling/slaying (downfall)
• पातनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शंस: tell, relate
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस्
• Form: Imperative, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• भूयः: again, once more
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• शल्यस्य: of Shalya
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अथ: and then, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सुतस्य: of (my) son
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Droṇācārya (Droṇa)
• Bhīṣma
• Karṇa (Rādheya, son of Rādhā)
• Śalya
• Duryodhana