Shloka 29

Irāvān-nidhana-anantaraṃ Ghaṭotkaca-nādaḥ

After Irāvān’s fall: Ghaṭotkaca’s roar and the clash with Duryodhana

Devanagari script

गौतमो<पि धनुस्त्यक्त्वा प्रगृह्मासिं सुसंयत: । वेगेन महता राजंश्लेकितानमुपाद्रवत्‌,राजन्‌! यह देख कृपाचार्यने भी धनुष फेंककर तलवार हाथमें ले ली और पूरी सावधानीके साथ वे बड़े वेगसे चेकितानकी ओर दौड़े

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | gautamo 'pi dhanus tyaktvā pragṛhyāsiṃ susaṃyataḥ | vegena mahatā rājan ślekitaṃ tam upādravat ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “O King, Gautama (Kṛpācārya) too, casting aside his bow, seized his sword and, with disciplined caution, rushed at Ślekita with great speed.”

Word by Word

• गौतमः: Gautama (Kripacharya)
• गौतमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned/throwing away
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• प्रगृह्य: having seized/taken up
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), प्र

• असिम्: sword
• असिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सुसंयतः: well-restrained, very cautious
• सुसंयतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसंयत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेगेन: with speed
• वेगेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• महता: great
• महता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• चेकितानम्: Cekitana
• चेकितानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेकितान
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपाद्रवत्: ran up/charged towards
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, उप

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Gautama (Kṛpācārya)
• Ślekita
• bow (dhanuḥ)
• sword (asi)