Shloka 50

दुर्योधन-कर्ण-संवादः

Duryodhana–Karna Dialogue on Vyūha-bheda and Daiva

Devanagari script

ततो निष्ठानको घोर: पाण्डवानामजायत । द्रोणेन वध्यमानेघु सैन्येषु भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ! फिर तो द्रोणाचार्यके द्वारा मारी जाती हुई पाण्डवोंकी सेनाओंमें घोर आर्तनाद होने लगा

Transliteration

tato niṣṭhānako ghoraḥ pāṇḍavānām ajāyata | droṇena vadhyamāneṣu sainyeṣu bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then, O bull among the Bharatas, a dreadful outcry arose among the Pāṇḍavas’ forces as Droṇa continued to cut them down.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from/then')

• निष्ठानकः: wailing/cry (loud lamentation)
• निष्ठानकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्ठानक
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• घोरः: terrible
• घोरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• पाण्डवानाम्: of the Pandavas
• पाण्डवानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव
• Form: Masculine, genitive, plural

• अजायत: arose/was born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Aorist (luṅ), 3rd person, singular, Parasmaipada

• द्रोणेन: by Drona
• द्रोणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, instrumental, singular

• वध्यमानेषु: while being slain
• वध्यमानेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध्य
• Form: Present passive participle (शानच्), locative, plural (neuter/masc. in -एषु)

• सैन्येषु: in the armies
• सैन्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य
• Form: Neuter, locative, plural

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-ऋषभ
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• भरतश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa
• Pāṇḍavas
• Bharatas (Kuru lineage)
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied by the vocative bharatarṣabha)