Shloka 52

भीष्म-युधिष्ठिर-संमर्दः

Bhīṣma’s Pressure on Yudhiṣṭhira; Śikhaṇḍī’s Approach; Evening Withdrawal

Devanagari script

दुष्कर्ण व्यथितं दृष्टया पठच राजन्‌ महारथा:

Transliteration

duṣkarṇaṃ vyathitaṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavaḥ rājan mahārathāḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, seeing Duṣkarṇa distressed, the great chariot-warriors among the Pāṇḍavas (and their allies) reacted accordingly.”

Word by Word

• दुष्कर्णम्: Dushkarna (proper name)
• दुष्कर्णम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• व्यथितम्: distressed, afflicted
• व्यथितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यथ्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• पठ: recite, read
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular

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

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

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• राजन् / धृतराष्ट्र (Dhṛtarāṣṭra)
• दुष्कर्ण (Duṣkarṇa)
• महāratha (mahāratha-class warriors)
• पाण्डव (Pāṇḍavas)