Shloka 14

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय 128: दुर्योधनस्य परसेनाप्रवेशः

Duryodhana’s Incursion and the Tumult of Battle

Devanagari script

लोकापवादभीरुत्वात्‌ सो*हं पार्थ वृकोदरम्‌

Transliteration

lokāpavādabhīrutvāt so’haṃ pārtha vṛkodaram

Translation

Sañjaya said: “Out of fear of public reproach, O Pārtha, I—thus constrained—[spoke/acted regarding] Vṛkodara.”

Word by Word

• लोकापवादभीरुत्वात्: from fear of public censure
• लोकापवादभीरुत्वात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकापवादभीरुत्व
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थ: O son of Pritha (Arjuna)
• पार्थ: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• वृकोदरम्: Bhima (the wolf-bellied one)
• वृकोदरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृकोदर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Vṛkodara (Bhīma)