Shloka 117

गौरुडव्यूह-रचना तथा अर्धचन्द्र-प्रत्यव्यूह

Garuḍa Array and the Ardhacandra Counter-Formation

Devanagari script

ततो दुःशासनो राजन श्वैतं दृष्टया निपातितम्‌

Transliteration

tato duḥśāsano rājan śvaitaṃ dṛṣṭayā nipātitam

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Then, O King, Duḥśāsana saw Śvaita struck down and fallen.” It conveys the grim momentum of the field: a comrade’s fall hardens resolve even as it deepens the moral weight of continuing violence.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from there/then')

• दुःशासनः: Duhshasana
• दुःशासनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशासन
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• श्वैतम्: the white (one/thing)
• श्वैतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वैत
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• दृष्ट्या: with (his) sight/glance
• दृष्ट्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि
• Form: Feminine, instrumental, singular

• निपातितम्: felled/caused to fall/struck down
• निपातितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), neuter accusative singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duḥśāsana
• Śvaita