Shloka 30

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ७२: सैन्यगुणवर्णनम्, व्यूहरक्षा, दैव-पुरुषकारचिन्ता

Devanagari script

ततो द्रोणो महाराज अभ्यद्रवत तं रणे । रक्षमाणस्तदा भीष्मं तव पुत्रेण चोदित:,महाराज! यह देखकर द्रोणाचार्य युद्धमें आपके पुत्रके कहनेसे भीष्मकी रक्षाके लिये शिखण्डीकी ओर दौड़े

Transliteration

tato droṇo mahārāja abhyadravat taṃ raṇe | rakṣamāṇas tadā bhīṣmaṃ tava putreṇa coditaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Droṇa, O King, charged toward him in the battle—urged on by your son—seeking at that moment to protect Bhīṣma.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• द्रोणः: Drona
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अभ्यद्रवत्: ran towards, charged
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• रक्षमाणः: protecting
• रक्षमाणः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष्
• Form: Present active participle (Śatṛ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• भीष्मम्: Bhishma
• भीष्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तव: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पुत्रेण: by (your) son
• पुत्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• चोदितः: urged, impelled
• Type: Verb
• Root: चुद्
• Form: Past passive participle (Kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Bhīṣma
• Duryodhana
• Śikhaṇḍin
• Kurukṣetra (battlefield context)