Shloka 37

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Anxiety and Bhīṣma’s Theological Explanation of Pāṇḍava Invincibility

Book 6, Chapter 61

Devanagari script

ततो रथसहस्रेण पुत्रो दुर्योधनस्तव । अभ्ययात्‌ पाण्डवं युद्धे राक्षसं च घटोत्कचम्‌,तदनन्तर आपका पुत्र दुर्योधन सहस्रों रथियोंके साथ पाण्डववंशी राक्षस घटोत्कचके साथ युद्ध करनेके लिये वहाँ आया

Transliteration

tato rathasahasreṇa putro duryodhanas tava | abhyayāt pāṇḍavaṁ yuddhe rākṣasaṁ ca ghaṭotkacam ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then your son Duryodhana advanced with a thousand chariots, coming to engage in battle the Pāṇḍava-side rākṣasa Ghaṭotkaca.

Word by Word

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

• रथसहस्रेण: with a thousand chariots
• रथसहस्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथसहस्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• दुर्योधनः: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तव: your
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular (2nd person pronoun)

• अभ्ययात्: approached; came up
• अभ्ययात्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (याति)
• Form: Aorist (luṅ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• पाण्डवम्: the Pandava (one of the Pandavas)
• पाण्डवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राक्षसम्: the Rakshasa (demon)
• राक्षसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (conjunction)

• घटोत्कचम्: Ghaṭotkaca
• घटोत्कचम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: घटोत्कच
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duryodhana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Pāṇḍavas (as a side/faction)
• Ghaṭotkaca
• ratha (chariot)
• rathasahasra (thousand chariots)