Shloka 24

Droṇa’s Conditional Boon: The Plan to Capture Yudhiṣṭhira (द्रोणेन युधिष्ठिरग्रहणोपायः)

Devanagari script

यच्च तन्महदाक्षर्य सभायां मम संजय । कृतवान्‌ पुण्डरीकाक्ष: कस्तदन्य इहाहति,संजय! उस दिन मेरी सभामें कमलनयन श्रीकृष्णने जो महान्‌ आश्चर्य प्रकट किया था, उसे इस संसारमें उनके सिवा दूसरा कौन कर सकता है?

Transliteration

yac ca tan mahad āścaryaṁ sabhāyāṁ mama sañjaya | kṛtavān puṇḍarīkākṣaḥ kas tad anya iha āhati ||

Translation

O Sañjaya, that great marvel which the lotus-eyed Kṛṣṇa displayed in my royal assembly—who else in this world could accomplish such a deed?

Word by Word

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• आश्चर्यम्: wonder, marvel
• आश्चर्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्चर्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• सभायाम्: in the assembly
• सभायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• मम: my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• संजय: O Sanjaya
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कृतवान्: did, performed (having done)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्तवतुँ (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुण्डरीकाक्षः: the lotus-eyed one (Krishna)
• पुण्डरीकाक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective (epithet)
• Root: पुण्डरीकाक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अन्यः: another (person)
• अन्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इह: here, in this world
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• अर्हति: is able/fit, can
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संजय: O Sanjaya
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sañjaya
• Kṛṣṇa (Puṇḍarīkākṣa)
• the royal assembly (sabhā)