Shloka 6

Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)

Devanagari script

ते छाद्यमाना बाणौघैर्द:शासनपुरोगमा: । प्राद्रवन्‌ समरे भीतास्तव सैन्यस्य पश्यत:,वे दुःशासन आदि योद्धा सात्यकिके बाण-समूहोंसे आच्छादित होनेपर समरभूमिमें भयभीत हो उठे और आपकी सारी सेनाके देखते-देखते भागने लगे

Transliteration

te chādyamānā bāṇaughair duḥśāsana-purogamāḥ | prādravan samare bhītās tava sainyasya paśyataḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Covered by torrents of arrows, with Duḥśāsana at their head, your warriors—terrified on the battlefield—broke ranks and fled, even as your entire army looked on.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• छाद्यमानाः: being covered/overwhelmed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छाद्
• Form: शानच् (present passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Passive

• बाण-ओघैः: by torrents/masses of arrows
• बाण-ओघैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण + ओघ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• दुःशासन-पुरोगमाः: having Duḥśāsana in front; led by Duḥśāsana
• दुःशासन-पुरोगमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःशासन + पुरोगम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राद्रवन्: ran away/fled
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

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

• भीताः: frightened
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भी
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• सैन्यस्य: of the army
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पश्यतः: while (it/you) was seeing; in the presence of (you) seeing
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Duḥśāsana
• Kaurava army
• battlefield
• arrows