Shloka 46

भीष्मस्य जलप्रार्थना — अर्जुनस्य पर्जन्यास्त्रप्रयोगः — दुर्योधनं प्रति सन्ध्युपदेशः

Bhīṣma’s request for water; Arjuna’s Parjanya-astra; counsel to Duryodhana on reconciliation

Devanagari script

तौ तु तत्र महात्मानौ समेतौ वीक्ष्य पाण्डवी

Transliteration

tau tu tatra mahātmānau sametau vīkṣya pāṇḍavī

Translation

Sañjaya said: There, the Pāṇḍavī (Draupadī), seeing those two great-souled heroes gathered together, watched them with keen attention—an ominous moment in the unfolding of duty and war, when the meeting of mighty men foretells the next turn of fate upon the battlefield.

Word by Word

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• महात्मानौ: the two great-souled ones
• महात्मानौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• समेतौ: having come together/met
• समेतौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-इ (समेत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• वीक्ष्य: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीक्ष्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• पाण्डवी: the Pandava lady (Draupadi)
• पाण्डवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍavī (a woman of the Pāṇḍu lineage)
• two great-souled heroes (unnamed in this half-verse)