Shloka 8

Rajo-dhūli-saṃmūḍha-saṅgrāmaḥ

The Dust-Obscured Battle and Mutual Charges

Devanagari script

प्रक्षिप्त: सम्मतः क्षुद्र: पुत्रो मे पुरुषाधम: । न युद्ध रोचयेद्‌ भीष्मो न चाचार्य: कथंचन

Transliteration

prakṣiptaḥ sammataḥ kṣudraḥ putro me puruṣādhamaḥ | na yuddha rocayed bhīṣmo na cācāryaḥ kathaṃcana ||

Translation

Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “My son—deemed contemptible and base, the lowest among men—has been cast aside. Neither Bhīṣma nor the Teacher (Droṇa) would ever approve of war.”

Word by Word

• प्रक्षिप्तः: cast away / rejected
• प्रक्षिप्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रक्षिप्त (प्र + क्षिप्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्मतः: approved / accepted
• सम्मतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्मत (सम् + मन्, क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षुद्रः: base / petty
• क्षुद्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पुरुषाधमः: worst of men
• पुरुषाधमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषाधम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• युद्धम्: battle / war
• युद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रोचयेत्: should approve / should desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच् (रोचयति)
• Form: Vidhi-linga (Optative), Present-system, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: nor / not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आचार्यः: the teacher (Drona)
• आचार्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कथंचन: in any way / at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन

Speaker

धृतराष्ट उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Duryodhana
• Bhīṣma
• Droṇācārya