Shloka 18

भूरिश्रवसः गर्हा, प्रायोपवेशः, सात्यकिकृतशिरच्छेदः

Bhūriśravas’s Censure, Prāyopaveśa, and Sātyaki’s Beheading

Devanagari script

पीडित॑ नृपतिं दृष्टवा तव पुत्रा महारथा:

Transliteration

pīḍitaṁ nṛpatiṁ dṛṣṭvā tava putrā mahārathāḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: Seeing the king in distress, your sons—those great chariot-warriors—(reacted accordingly).

Word by Word

• पीडितम्: afflicted, distressed
• पीडितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीडित (√पीड्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नृपतिम्: the king
• नृपतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पुत्राः: sons
• पुत्राः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महारथाः: great chariot-warriors
• महारथाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महारथ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by 'your')
• Kauravas (implied by 'your sons')
• the king (nṛpati)