Shloka 3

द्रोणपर्व (अध्याय १) — भीष्मनिधनानन्तरं धृतराष्ट्रस्य शोकः, सेनायाः स्थितिः, कर्णस्मरणं च

Droṇa Parva, Chapter 1: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s grief after Bhīṣma’s fall and the army’s reorientation toward Karṇa

Devanagari script

तस्य पुत्रो हि भगवन्‌ भीष्मद्रोणमुखै रथै: । पराजित्य महेष्वासान्‌ पाण्डवान्‌ राज्यमिच्छति,भगवन्‌! उनका पुत्र दुर्योधन भीष्म, द्रोण आदि महारथियोंके द्वारा महाधनुर्धर पाण्डवोंको पराजित करके स्वयं राज्य हथिया लेना चाहता था

Transliteration

tasya putro hi bhagavan bhīṣma-droṇa-mukhair rathaiḥ | parājitya maheṣvāsān pāṇḍavān rājyam icchati bhagavan ||

Translation

Janamejaya said: “Revered sir, his son Duryodhana—relying on the chariot-warriors led by Bhīṣma and Droṇa—seeks to defeat the great bowmen, the Pāṇḍavas, and then seize the kingdom for himself.”

Word by Word

तस्यof him/that (person)

पुत्रःson

हिindeed/for

भगवन्O venerable one/Lord

भीष्म-द्रोण-मुखैःwith (warriors) headed by Bhishma and Drona

रथैःwith chariots / chariot-warriors

पराजित्यhaving defeated

महा-इष्वासान्great bowmen

पाण्डवान्the Pandavas

राज्यम्kingdom

इच्छतिdesires/wants

भगवन्O venerable one/Lord

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janamejaya

Duryodhana

Bhishma

Drona

Pandavas

Rajya (kingdom)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes