Shloka 32

द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय 128: दुर्योधनस्य परसेनाप्रवेशः

Duryodhana’s Incursion and the Tumult of Battle

Devanagari script

पुरातिदुःखदीर्णानां भवान्‌ गतिरभूद्धि न:

Transliteration

purātiduḥkhadīrṇānāṁ bhavān gatir abhūddhi naḥ

Translation

Sañjaya said: “For us—long afflicted and torn by sorrow—you have indeed been our refuge and guiding course.”

Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा

• अतिदुःखदीर्णानाम्: of those torn/afflicted by excessive sorrow
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिदुःखदीर्ण
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• भवान्: you (honored sir)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गतिः: refuge, course, resort
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अभूत्: was, became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• नः: of us, our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (implied addressee)