Shloka 29

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

Devanagari script

एते<न्ये बलवन्तश्न वृष्णिवीरा: प्रहारिण: । कथंचित्‌ पाण्डवानीकं श्रयेयु: समरे स्थिता:

Transliteration

ete 'nye balavantaś ca vṛṣṇivīrāḥ prahāriṇaḥ | kathaṃcit pāṇḍavānīkaṃ śrayeyuḥ samare sthitāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “These others too—mighty heroes of the Vṛṣṇis, skilled in striking—once they have taken their stand in battle, might somehow find refuge by joining the Pāṇḍava host.”

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बलवन्तः: strong, powerful
• बलवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• वृष्णिवीराः: heroes of the Vṛṣṇis
• वृष्णिवीराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष्णिवीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रहारिणः: strikers, assailants
• प्रहारिणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कथंचित्: somehow, by some means
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचित्

• पाण्डवानीकम्: the Pāṇḍava army
• पाण्डवानीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डवानीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रयेयुः: might take refuge in / might resort to
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि
• Form: Vidhi-ling (Optative), Non-past (modal), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• स्थिताः: standing, stationed
• स्थिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vṛṣṇi warriors
• Pāṇḍava army (Pāṇḍavānīka)