Shloka 27

Droṇa’s Resolve to Restrain Yudhiṣṭhira and Arjuna’s Protective Vow (द्रोणस्य युधिष्ठिरनिग्रह-प्रयत्नः)

Devanagari script

यदि स्थास्यति संग्रामे मुहूर्तमपि मे5ग्रत: । अपनीते नरव्याप्रे कुन्तीपुत्रे धनंजये

Transliteration

yadi sthāsyati saṅgrāme muhūrtam api me 'grataḥ | apānīte naravyāghre kuntīputre dhanañjaye ||

Translation

Droṇa said: “If, in the midst of battle, the tiger among men—Dhanañjaya, Kuntī’s son—can stand even for a single moment before me after being disarmed, then…”

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• स्थास्यति: will stand / will remain
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), 3rd, singular, परस्मैपद

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• मुहूर्तम्: for a moment
• मुहूर्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अपि: even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• मे: of me / my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: genitive, singular

• अग्रतः: in front (of)
• अग्रतः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः

• अपनीते: was taken away / has been removed
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-नी (धातु) / अपनीत (कृदन्त)
• Form: लिट्/लुङ्-सम्भाव्य पाठभेद; here: past passive/impersonal sense, 3rd, singular, passive/impersonal (भावे/कर्मणि)

• नरव्याघ्रे: when the tiger among men (hero) is (so) taken away
• नरव्याघ्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरव्याघ्र
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• कुन्तीपुत्रे: in/when the son of Kunti
• कुन्तीपुत्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुन्तीपुत्र
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

• धनंजये: in/when Dhananjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: masculine, locative, singular

Speaker

द्रोण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Droṇa
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• Kuntī