Shloka 12

आत्मदोष-उपदेशः तथा भीम-धृष्टद्युम्नयोः संयोगः

Self-Causation Counsel and the Bhīma–Dhṛṣṭadyumna Convergence

Devanagari script

स सम्प्रहारस्तुमुल: कटुक: शोणितोदक: । प्रावर्तत कुरूणां च पाण्डवानां च भारत,भारत! कौरवों और पाण्डवोंका वह भयानक युद्ध बड़ा ही कटु और रक्तको पानीकी तरह बहानेवाला था

Transliteration

sa samprahāras tumulaḥ kaṭukaḥ śoṇitodakaḥ | prāvartata kurūṇāṁ ca pāṇḍavānāṁ ca bhārata ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O Bharata, the clash between the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas erupted in dreadful fury—harsh and relentless—so that blood flowed as though it were water.

Word by Word

• सः: that (he/it)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सम्प्रहारः: battle, clash
• सम्प्रहारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्प्रहार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तुमुलः: tumultuous, fierce
• तुमुलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुमुल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कटुकः: harsh, bitter
• कटुकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कटुक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शोणित-उदकः: having blood as water; blood-watered
• शोणित-उदकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोणितोदक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रावर्तत: arose, began, set in motion
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• कुरूणाम्: of the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pāṇḍavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanjaya
• Bharata (Dhritarashtra as addressee)
• Kurus/Kauravas
• Pandavas