Shloka 25

Kṛṣṇa-vīrya-kathana

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s appraisal of Vāsudeva’s deeds

Devanagari script

यत्सेना: समकम्पन्त यद्वीरानस्पृशद्‌ भयम्‌ । के तत्र नाजहुढद्रोंणं के क्षुद्रा: प्राद्रवन्‌ू भयात्‌,जहाँ सारी सेनाएँ काँप उठीं, समस्त वीरोंके मनमें भय समा गया, वहाँ किन वीरोंने ट्रोणाचार्यका साथ नहीं छोड़ा और कौन-कौनसे अधम सैनिक भयके मारे मैदान छोड़कर भाग गये?

Translation

Where the whole host trembled and fear seized the hearts of all the heroes—who were the warriors that did not forsake Droṇācārya, and who were the base soldiers that fled the field in terror?

Word by Word

यत्when/where (that time/that situation)

सेनाःarmies

समकम्पन्तtrembled altogether

यत्when/where (and when)

वीरान्heroes/warriors

अस्पृशत्touched/seized

भयम्fear

केwho (which persons)

तत्रthere/then

नnot

अजहुःabandoned/left

द्रोणम्Droṇa (Droṇācārya)

केwho

क्षुद्राःbase/mean (men)

प्राद्रवन्ran away/fled forth

भयात्from fear/out of fear

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

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