Shloka 11

Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 77 — Saindhava resistance, Arjuna’s restraint, and Duḥśalā’s supplication

Devanagari script

त॑ स्मरन्तो वर्ध वीरा: सिन्धुराजस्य चाहवे । जयद्रथस्य कौरव्य समरे सव्यसाचिना,कुरुनन्दन! कुरुक्षेत्रके समराड़णमें सव्यसाची अर्जुनके द्वारा जो सिंधुराज जयद्रथका वध हुआ था, उसकी याद उन वीरोंको कभी भूलती नहीं थी

Transliteration

taṁ smaranto vīrāḥ sindhurājasya cāhave | jayadrathasya kauravya samare savyasācinā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Those warriors kept recalling, again and again, the slaying of Jayadratha—the king of Sindhu—by Savyasācī Arjuna in battle. The memory of that deed, performed on the field of Kurukṣetra, did not fade from their minds.

Word by Word

तत्that (event)

स्मरन्तःremembering

वीराःheroes/warriors

सिन्धुराजस्यof the king of Sindhu (Jayadratha)

चand

आहवेin battle

जयद्रथस्यof Jayadratha

कौरव्यO Kauravya (descendant of Kuru)

समरेin battle

सव्यसाचिनाby the ambidextrous one (Arjuna)

कुरुनन्दनO delight of the Kurus

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Jayadratha

Sindhu (kingdom)

Arjuna (Savyasācī)

Kuru lineage (Kauravya)

Kurukṣetra

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes