Shloka 7

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

Devanagari script

सुनामा रणविक्रान्त: समग्राक्षीहिणीपति: । भोजराजस्य मध्यस्थो भ्राता कंसस्य वीर्यवान्‌

Transliteration

sunāmā raṇavikrāntaḥ samagrākṣīhiṇīpatiḥ | bhojarājasya madhyastho bhrātā kaṁsasya vīryavān ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “There was Sunāmā—valiant in battle, commander of a complete akṣauhiṇī, a trusted intermediary of the Bhoja king, and the mighty brother of Kaṁsa.”

Word by Word

• सु-नामा: having a good name; well-named
• सु-नामा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + नामन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रण-विक्रान्तः: valiant in battle
• रण-विक्रान्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रण + विक्रान्त (√क्रम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समग्र-अक्षीहिणी-पतिः: lord/commander of the entire army
• समग्र-अक्षीहिणी-पतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: समग्र + अक्षीहिणी + पति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भोज-राजस्य: of the Bhoja king
• भोज-राजस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजराज
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• मध्यस्थः: standing in the middle; mediator/neutral
• मध्यस्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मध्यस्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भ्राता: brother
• भ्राता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कंसस्य: of Kaṃsa
• कंसस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंस
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• वीर्यवान्: powerful; possessing valor
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sunāmā
• Bhoja king (Bhojarāja)
• Kaṁsa
• akṣauhiṇī (army division)