Shloka 14

भीष्मरथाभिमुख्यं — Arjuna’s advance with Śikhaṇḍin; Duḥśāsana’s interception

Devanagari script

अभ्यद्रवन्त गाड़ेयं युधिष्ठिरपुरोगमा: ।। रिरक्षिषन्त: पाज्चाल्यं धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमा:

Transliteration

abhyadravanta gāḍeyaṁ yudhiṣṭhirapurogamāḥ | rirakṣiṣantaḥ pāñcālyaṁ dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamāḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Led by Yudhiṣṭhira, they charged fiercely forward, intent on protecting the Pāñcāla prince; and with Dhṛṣṭadyumna at their head, they moved to shield him amid the press of battle.

Word by Word

• अभ्यद्रवन्त: they rushed/charged towards
• अभ्यद्रवन्त: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√द्रु (द्रवति)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• गाण्डीवम्: the Gāṇḍīva (bow)
• गाण्डीवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाण्डीव
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• युधिष्ठिरपुरोगमाः: having Yudhiṣṭhira in front/led by Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरपुरोगमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युधिष्ठिर-पुरोगम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रिरक्षिषन्तः: protecting, intending to protect
• रिरक्षिषन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रक्ष् (रक्षति)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Parasmaipada

• पाञ्चाल्यम्: the Pāñcālya (Dṛṣṭadyumna / the Pāñcāla prince)
• पाञ्चाल्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाञ्चाल्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमाः: having Dhṛṣṭadyumna in front/led by Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• धृष्टद्युम्नपुरोगमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धृष्टद्युम्न-पुरोगम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Pāñcāla