Shloka 4

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

तस्मिन्‌ हते तु भगवन्‌ केतौ सर्वधनुष्मताम्‌ | यदचेष्टत कौरव्यस्तन्मे ब्रूहि तपोधन,भगवन्‌! तपोधन! सम्पूर्ण धनुर्धरोंके ध्वजस्वरूप भीष्मजीके मारे जानेपर कुरुवंशी दुर्योधनने जो प्रयत्न किया हो, वह सब मुझे बताइये

Transliteration

tasmin hate tu bhagavan ketau sarva-dhanuṣmatām | yad aceṣṭata kauravyas tan me brūhi tapodhana ||

Translation

O revered sage, when Bhīṣma—who stood like the very banner of all master-archers—had been slain, what efforts did Duryodhana of the Kuru line undertake? Tell me, O ascetic rich in austerity.

Word by Word

तस्मिन्in him/therein (i.e., when he)

हतेwhen (he was) slain

तुbut/indeed

भगवन्O venerable one

केतौin/when the banner (standard) (was slain)

सर्वof all

धनुष्मताम्of the bowmen/archers

यत्what (which deed)

अचेष्टतstrove/attempted

कौरव्यःthe Kaurava (Duryodhana)

तत्that

मेto me

ब्रूहिtell (you)

तपोधनO one whose wealth is austerity (ascetic)

Speaker

जनमेजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Janamejaya

Bhishma

Duryodhana

Kuru lineage (Kaurava)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes