Shloka 39

द्रोणपर्व (अध्याय ११२) — कर्णभीमयोर्युद्धम्, दुर्योधनस्य रक्षणादेशः

Droṇa-parva 112: Karṇa–Bhīma Engagement and Duryodhana’s Protective Order

Devanagari script

कश्मलाभिह्ठतो राजा चिन्तयामास पाण्डव: । न नूनं स्वस्ति पार्थाय यथा नदति शड्खराट्‌

Transliteration

kaśmalābhiṣṭhato rājā cintayāmāsa pāṇḍavaḥ | na nūnaṃ svasti pārthāya yathā nadati śaṅkharāṭ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Overcome by bewilderment and distress, the Pāṇḍava king fell into anxious reflection. “Surely all is not well for Pārtha,” he thought, “for the lordly conch does not resound as it should.”

Word by Word

• कश्मलाभिहतः: struck/overcome by confusion
• कश्मलाभिहतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कश्मल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चिन्तयामास: thought, reflected
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular

• पाण्डवः: the Pandava (Arjuna/Yudhishthira, etc.)
• पाण्डवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• नूनम्: surely, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• स्वस्ति: well-being, safety, good fortune
• स्वस्ति: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थाय: for Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• यथा: as, since, inasmuch as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• नदति: roars, resounds
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

• शङ्खराट्: the conch (conch-shell; conch-blast)
• शङ्खराट्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्खराट्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pāṇḍava king (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Śaṅkharāṭ (a great conch)